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Learning from Prohibition

via toothpickswords:

Prohibition was bad, blah blah blah.

Look, we know the Eighteenth Amendment seems silly now. But before you wax your curly mustache and curse the teetotalers, consider one of the reasons behind the temperance movement.

10/14/11

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Prohibition  temperance  alcohol  drinks  18th Ammendment 
Source: toothpickswords
Are malt beverages with caffeine more dangerous than alcohol by itself?  Several states have proposed bans on these beverages, including Michigan and Oklahoma, and maybe even NYC.  “Four Loko and drinks like it, are a toxic, dangerous mix of caffeine and alcohol, and they are spreading like a plague across the country,” said Senator Schumer (D-NY) recently.  Just when beer lovers thought they were finally safe from the scourge of Bud Extra (aka B^e). otownpyle: soupsoup: Washington state issues emergency ban on alcoholic energy drinks  And it begins #FourLoko

Are malt beverages with caffeine more dangerous than alcohol by itself?  Several states have proposed bans on these beverages, including Michigan and Oklahoma, and maybe even NYC. 

“Four Loko and drinks like it, are a toxic, dangerous mix of caffeine and alcohol, and they are spreading like a plague across the country,” said Senator Schumer (D-NY) recently.  Just when beer lovers thought they were finally safe from the scourge of Bud Extra (aka B^e).

otownpyle:

soupsoup:

Washington state issues emergency ban on alcoholic energy drinks 

And it begins #FourLoko

11/13/10

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18th Ammendment  Bud Extra  Four Loco  NY  ban  beverages  caffeine  malt beverages 
Source: soupsoup

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