The New York Times has reported that seven people have died in Iran from drinking homemade booze. In the town of Rafsanjan, (pronounced like it sounds) people have been going blind, getting sick, and dying, because they are drinking alcohol made from Antifreeze.
Iran in 2013 is like America during prohibition.
Alcohol is banned, but everyone who wants to drink is still drinking.
The big difference is that in Iran you can get the Death Penalty if you get caught drinking a lot.
The two popular options in Iran for alcohol are imported Vodka and homemade Vodka known as arak sagi, or:
Dog Sweat.
The danger of this practice is obvious, and the lesson is simple.
When you make drugs illegal they don't go away, they just get pushed underground.
Instead of Iranians sipping appletinis in bars like Carrie Bradshaw, they are chugging it in basements like under aged frat kids.
So Iran, get with the times and make alcohol legal and safe instead of illegal and dangerous.
If anyone could use a drink to mellow out, it's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
So make it legal, and grab a cold one. I guarantee it will taste better than Dog Sweat.
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