sexta-feira, 15 de novembro de 2013

O fracaso da proibição americana

A Brewing Terror: The U.S. Government’s Alcohol Poisoning Program

Anti-alcohol fanaticism caused the government to "legally murder" people who drank the forbidden beverage.


Hardly had the last wisps of gun smoke faded into the ether of post-World War I Europe before America found herself embroiled in an epic domestic struggle, championed by an uncanny conglomerate of religious zealots, women’s rights advocates, and racists.  America’s War on Alcohol infamously gave rise to organized crime, widespread violence, and rampant corruption — and that’s just speaking of the government.  One forgotten aspect of the prohibition era was the government’s disturbing anddeliberate efforts to poison people who broke the law.
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