It's Kristen's birthday month!!! So that means it's time to talk about ... Alcohol... her disdain for the United States government... and how the two collide when the government decides to poison our supply. 

CONTENT WARNING:

This episode involves death and may make you hate the government. 

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“Alcohol as Medicine and Poison Scroll to Read More.” Prohibition, https://prohibition.themobmuseum.org/the-history/the-prohibition-underworld/alcohol-as-medicine-and-poison/.

Blum, Deborah. “The Little-Told Story of How the U.S. Government Poisoned Alcohol during Prohibition.” Slate Magazine, Slate, 19 Feb. 2010, https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/the-little-told-story-of-how-the-u-s-government-poisoned-alcohol-during-prohibition.html.

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