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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by wildmusings on Sunday September 04, 2016 @08:51AM (#12424067)
We still do this. Don't drink a bottle of rubbing ethanol (not taxed as drinking alcohol) or you will get extremely sick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubbing_alcohol#US_legislation
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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by maxerickson on Sunday September 04, 2016 @11:53AM (#12424955)
The colloquial usage of 'rubbing alcohol' in the US refers to isopropyl alcohol and no reasonable person would think to drink it.

Denatured ethanol comes up more at the hardware store.

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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by wildmusings on Sunday September 04, 2016 @12:21PM (#12425155)
In stock at every Walgreens near me: https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-ethyl-rubbing-al...

And at most CVS's: http://www.cvs.com/shop/health-medicine/first-aid/antibiotic...

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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by creshal on Sunday September 04, 2016 @09:40AM (#12424256)
Also done in various other countries, including the EU.
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