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[quote=Anonymous]All the strong reactions against alcohol makes me think of the Temperance movement and Prohibition. People drank A LOT prior to that. Apparently the bar tab during the Constitutional Convention was pretty high per night. One could chalk it up to lack of potable water back then. Up until Prohibition some men were routinely showing up to work drunk and staying drunk which is why the Temperance movement was also part of the Women's Suffrage movement - the men drinking was bad for family life.
And during Prohibition, there was a special back door at the US Capitol where liquor was delivered to our statesmen. 
One just has to watch Mad Men to understand how much drinking went on as a routine part of everyday life up into the 60s. My in-laws, who came of age during Mad Men era, their house has alcohol practically in every room with some bottles dating back to the 1980s.
Compared to the past, we're pretty tepid about alcohol today. I guess most Americans found other vices.[/quote]

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