Political Myths and Conspiracy Theories That Will Make You Question Everything

Theory: An Attempt to Kill Drinkers

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During the days of prohibition, although alcohol was banned, people still had ways of getting their hands on precious booze. Speakeasies were huge, and the government was having a hard time cracking down on alcohol consumption, so they decided to try a new tactic. Since most illegally manufactured alcohol came from industrial alcohol, the Treasury Department supposedly began poisoning the country’s industrial alcohol supplies.

Their goal was to dissuade bootleggers from stealing it and redistilling it to make liquor. However, when bootleggers realized something was wrong with their supply, they found ways to make it drinkable once again. So, the government began poisoning it even more with kerosene, gasoline, chloroform and more. This allegedly continued until the 18th amendment was appealed in 1933 and was brushed under the rug by the government.

Apparently, Big Pharma isn’t very trusted.