The confident stricken Wheeler was even fine with killing if it fit his agenda. He went to the extreme as to get the Prohibition Bureau to poison the alcohol that was being used for fuels or medicine with quinine, methyl alcohol, and other toxic chemicals. Most people were unaware of this and died from the consumption of the government-poisoned alcohol. Wheeler had no problem with these deaths. He was on record saying, “The person who drinks this industrial alcohol…is a deliberate suicide.”
Another problem that arose from the Prohibition was the increase in criminal activities. “From Los Angeles to Chicago to New York, organized crime syndicates supplied speakeasies and underground establishments with large quantities of beer and liquor”
Another problem that arose from the Prohibition was the increase in criminal activities. “From Los Angeles to Chicago to New York, organized crime syndicates supplied speakeasies and underground establishments with large quantities of beer and liquor”