The Chemist's War

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The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences.

1. This mentions Paraquat. Yay

2. It reminds me of this, http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2001/aug/25/research.highereducation/print but the latter was more opportunist than the alcohol scheme.

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    The little-told story of how the U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition with deadly consequences.
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  4. khealywu reblogged this from willw2 and added:
    “Federally poisoning program” is a phrase I had hoped to never read. Fuck.
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  6. drewski reblogged this from the-feature and added:
    WHAT LENGTHS WILL THEY GO TO NEXT!? (To what lengths have they gone already without us knowing?) Another prime example...
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    Just another sad stage of our government.
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    1. This mentions Paraquat. Yay 2. It reminds me of this,...
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    we have chemistry… :)
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  17. willw2 reblogged this from the-feature and added:
    Kind of insane. I had no idea our past was that dirty, and that our government did that sort of thing… Wow…our own...
  18. cartoonfoods reblogged this from the-feature and added:
    Whoaaaa. What. I still have trouble believing that Prohibition was a real thing. Because you learn about it, and you...
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  21. meklejulaimi reblogged this from the-feature and added:
    This was fascinating. As always, crazy fundamentalist fucks ruin the country. When will people learn that moderation,...