[ctdonath2]

They also don’t want people poisoning themselves. The first 10% or so of distillation is seriously not good for you.

Regulating & heavily taxing hard liquors was practically the first such laws in this country. Look up “Whiskey Rebellion”; we’ve been arguing over this for centuries.

[ForYourChildren]

“Regulating & heavily taxing hard liquors was practically the first such laws in this country. Look up “Whiskey Rebellion”; we’ve been arguing over this for centuries.”

for selling - not personal consumption!

[Ken H]

customary2: Regulating & heavily taxing hard liquors was practically the first such laws in this country. Look up “Whiskey Rebellion”; we’ve been arguing over this for centuries.
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Apples and oranges. During the Whiskey Rebellion, Feds were strictly interested in revenues for Revolutionary War debts. There was no federal regulation of whiskey other than taxation. Health and safety concerns were left to the states.