Not just the idea/ propaganda, but the govt mandate that methanol be added to ethanol to make denatured spirits, aka the "poison alcohol". It was literally a g

Not just the idea/ propaganda, but the govt mandate that methanol be added to ethanol to make denatured spirits, aka the "poison alcohol". It was literally a government created problem, with the same government claiming to be the only layer of security protecting John Q Public from this super dangerous product. Prohibition is a case study in so many different ways of how to badly govern with the best intentions.