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from the day of Johnny Appleseed,
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when again it was considered
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to be what you drank was your own business.
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Americans consumed far more rum than they did water.
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Well into the nineteenth century, rum was considered healthier,
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gave you that sort of medicinal kick going down.
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It was only when health officials stepped in and began what actually
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were five different rounds of liquor prohibition in the U.S.
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The last of which was most
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famous resulted in a Constitutional Amendment
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to prohibit the sale or consumption of alcohol in this country,
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so in the realm of alcohol consumption