In 1926, hundreds in NYC died after drinking bootleg liquor tainted with methanol—intentionally added by the government to industrial alcohol. Officials knew it was being consumed but poisoned it anyway, with no warning or consent. This was part of Prohibition’s “noble experiment,” but history reveals the truth: it was state-sanctioned mass poisoning that cost innocent lives in the name of policy.
The U.S. Government Secretly Poisoned Alcohol During Prohibition, Killing at Least 10,000 Americans
