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Originally posted by cashflyer
Prohibition was masterminded by the tobacco industry.
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They certainly had a huge part in it, that's a historical fact.
The early days of the FDA, empowered by the Harrison Narcotics Act, are interesting as well. The first chairman of that onerous agency tried to outlaw caffeine at the same time he succeeded in outlawing cocaine. It was an early use of the commerce clause to grant government power to itself which was not actually granted by the Constitution.
Anyhow, it's good to see the muscadine grape making such a comeback.
http://www.uark.edu/depts/ifse/grapeprog/musca.htm
http://www.muscadine.com/
http://www.aces.edu/pubs/docs/A/ANR-0774/
Scroll down to muscadine grape links:
http://library.missouristate.edu/links/agnic/vit/vit3.htm