But the people who spread these ideas usually can't prove them.
As the years pass, however, secrets surface. Government documents
become declassified. We now have evidence of certain elaborate
government schemes right here in the U.S. of A.
1. The U.S. Department of the Treasury poisoned alcohol during Prohibition — and people died.
The 18th Amendment, which took effect in January 1920, banned the
manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol — but not consumption.
Despite the government's efforts, alcoholism actually skyrocketed during
the era.