Claim: In 1926, the federal government poisoned alcohol to curb consumption during Prohibition; by the time Prohibition ended in 1933, an estimated 10,000 people had died from this poisoning.
Fact-check: FACT CHECK: Did the U.S. Government Purposely Poison 10,000 Americans During Prohibition?
Verdict: Mixture
Organisation: Snopes
Author: Kim Lacapria;David Emery
Date published: 2017-05-12T14:22:46