“Rubbing alcohol has been poisoned so that you cannot drink it, It would have probably killed someone.”
As an ex-bartender during my college days, the reporter is clueless and got it wrong. It’s another type obviously, of alcohol. And from my experience, it’s not caramel coloring but maple I believe. We had a cheap owner back who would lessen the booze by diluting it with water and added an 80 proof concoction he made somewhere to give it a kick.
Grain alcohol of about 180 proof can be purchased at many liquor stores. It can be watered down and colored I suppose.
back when I was a kid 50 years ago we used to water it down with Orange Juice in an old gallon pickle jar and pass it around.
Think about that for a moment.
Rubbing alcohol* has been deliberately poisoned, to kill or blind anyone who dares not pay the Kings Taxes.
This would be a gross criminal act if anyone but the government ordered it.
*Not all rubbing alcohol is isopropyl based, there are ethyl alcohol based rubbing alcohols.