Authorities in Ecuador have banned alcohol sales in an emergency measure to stop contaminated drinks from reaching consumers after at least 21 people died.
Officials announced the 72-hour national dry law Sunday after detecting alcohol poisoning cases in several parts of the country.
Hospitals treated more than 100 people who fell ill after drinking bootleg liquor over the past week, the country's government said, and at least 21 people died as a result of apparent poisoning.
Investigators determined that the liquor contained methanol -- an industrial-grade alcohol not intended for human consumption, Ecuador's Public Health Ministry said.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/07/18/ecuador.alcohol.ban/that's a pretty retarded policy. You don't reduce consumption of illegal liquor by banning legal liquor. If anything, you will just drive the people who buy legal liquor to buy illegal liquor (where the problem is).
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