# Did prohibition officials poison drinkers?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 2, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-prohibition-officials-poison-drinkers/1020378 "2025-07-02T00:20:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-prohibition-officials-poison-drinkers/1020378/61 "2025-07-27T02:19:28Z")

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Do you see people dancing? That’s the distinction people made back then. “Hot jazz” - dancing. “Cool jazz” - listening.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-prohibition-officials-poison-drinkers/1020378/62 "2025-07-27T12:22:19Z")

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Borderline. I see an awful lot of people moving to the music.

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