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by zwp 1844 days ago
A slight tangent but Hogarth's "Beer Street and Gin Lane" (1751) documents a similar example of low grain prices resulting in massive, country-wide alcohol consumption in England. The subsequent government reaction and legislation did not go as far as American prohibition though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Street_and_Gin_Lane