The U.S. government intentionally adulterated alcohol during Prohibition

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Now, this was slightly different from our modern policy of enforced adulteration of all non-beverage alcohol (methanol, which is what the article in question is referring to, is denatured even today to discourage consumption of it). Nevertheless, this does seem to justify modern paranoia with regards to our other great modern morality crusade, the "War on Drugs".

Methyl alcohol isn't industrial alcohol and isn't denatured - it's used for denaturing alcohol, being far more poisons than any of the compounds of the list.  Most of those who were poisoned died from methanol (blindness is the telling symptom).

I'm not saying it's adulterated to make it more poisonous. I'm saying it's adulterated to make it less palatable to alcoholics who might otherwise be inclined to drink it.

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I know.

So what you're saying is that the government forcing the adulteration of methanol in order to discourage consumption of it (since it is very dangerous even in an unadulterated form and can cause blindness and death) is the same thing as the government purposely poisoning otherwise non-lethal alcohols to discourage consumption?

Something doesn't connect here.  They seem to be quite the opposite in intent... especially when any good alchie knows the mouthwash aisle like the back of his hand.