Drunk Mystery in History - April

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.  Be sure to follow us at: Twitter: @rarwpodcast Instagram: @rarwpodcast Contact us at: E-mail: [email protected] All music written and produced by: Savasas Resources: 4, Jerome London “Paraquat Pot: The True Story of How the US Government Tried to Kill Weed Smokers with a Toxic Chemical in the 1980s.” Thought Catalog, 4 Feb. 2021, https://thoughtcatalog.com/jeremy-london/2018/08/paraquat-pot/#:~:text=But%20due%20to%20US%20government%20policies%20that%20started,with%20a%20chemical%20that%20can%20actually%20kill%20you. “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. “Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Feb. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution. Ethanol Metabolism: Alcohol Breakdown in the Body - Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCBW-Nidevk. “History of Alcohol Prohibition*.” History of Alcohol Prohibition, https://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/nc/nc2a.htm. “Volstead Act.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 Apr. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volstead_Act.