prohibition
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New Study Reports One In Five Americans Are Hurt By Another Person’s Drinking Each Year
The negative effects of secondhand smoke are well-documented – America’s CDC estimates that tens of thousands of nonsmokers die every year in the country due to exposure to someone else’s cigarette habit. But a new study out Sunday suggests that the secondhand effects of alcohol consumption are another source of serious harm, with one in five…
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Time Travelling Scientists Were Going To Save Liquor After Prohibition
After alcohol prohibition was repealed in 1933, many American distillers had a problem: they didn’t have enough old booze lying around. It’s possible to churn out a barrel of whiskey in just a few days, but you need at least 3 years of ageing for many people to consider it any good. The “time travelling”…