[EggsAckley]

I was in the Soviet Union in 1988(?) when the government banned/rationed the sale of vodka to the population. Immediately, there was a run on sugar, and the population was making their own "bathtub vodka." Of course, the solution to THIS was the banning/rationing of the sale of sugar. That's about the time that Cuba's economy really bottomed out. The Soviets used to keep Cuba alive by the guarnteed purchase of Cuban sugar.

[Semper Paratus]

the solution to THIS was the banning/rationing of the sale of sugar

As result of homebrew vodka the death rate by alcohol poisoning in the USSR soared.