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In Naraka (permanently) (mono@shitposter.club@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 10-Feb-2020 11:11:32 JST In Naraka (permanently)
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https://longreads.com/2017/08/29/americas-first-addiction-epidemic/
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1. America’s First Addiction Epidemic
  
  from Longreads
  
  The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, astonishingly high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.
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  Although Benjamin Franklin shared with his fellow colonists many stereotypes about Native Americans, he was also deeply concerned about the impact of alcohol on them. His newspaper periodically reported on the consequences of alcohol abuse among the natives, and in 1753 he issued a public warning of the danger. In his famous Autobiography, Franklin expressed fear for their future. “[I]f it be the Design of Providence to extirpate these Savages in order to make room for Cultivators of the Earth, it seems not improbable that Rum may be the appointed Means,” he said.
  
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