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During the Prohibition, It was Illegal to Buy or Sell Alcohol. But, it was Not Illegal to Drink It. Wealthy People Bought Out Entire Liquor Stores Before the Law Passed to Ensure They Still Had Alcohol to Drink.

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From 1920 to 1933, the United States imposed a nationwide constitutional ban on the manufacture, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. But did you know how the wealthy pulled through during the prohibition? Buying or selling alcohol was illegal in the United States during Prohibition, but drinking it was not. Before it passed, some […]

During the Prohibition, It was Illegal to Buy or Sell Alcohol. But, it was Not Illegal to Drink It. Wealthy People Bought Out Entire Liquor Stores Before the Law Passed to Ensure They Still Had Alcohol to Drink. Read More »

Did Winston Churchill Get A Prescription for Unlimited Alcohol?

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Winston Churchill is a notorious drinker and has admitted that he relied on alcohol that he constantly had a glass of whisky by him. But did you know that he got a doctor to prescribe him with unlimited alcohol? While visiting the US during the Prohibition era, Winston Churchill secured a doctor’s note stating that

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During the US prohibition era, medicinal liquor was fraudulently exploited in many scams, one doctor cited for writing 475 prescriptions for whiskey in one day. Charles R. Walgreen, the founder of Walgreen’s pharmacies expanded from 20 stores to a staggering 525 during the 1920s.

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Prohibition in the United States A Prohibition-era prescription used by U.S. physicians to prescribe liquor as medicine Doctors were able to prescribe medicinal alcohol for their patients. After just six months of prohibition, over 15,000 doctors and 57,000 pharmacists received licenses to prescribe or sell medicinal alcohol. According to Gastro Obscura, Physicians wrote an estimated

During the US prohibition era, medicinal liquor was fraudulently exploited in many scams, one doctor cited for writing 475 prescriptions for whiskey in one day. Charles R. Walgreen, the founder of Walgreen’s pharmacies expanded from 20 stores to a staggering 525 during the 1920s. Read More »

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