I don't understand why the campaigns against alcohol have been so unsuccessful.
Alcohol is very easy to manufacture in secret.
Alcohol is very easy to manufacture in secret.
This is a very close parallel to what we see in the (failed) War on (some) Drugs, where many people are harmed by overdoses because the products wind up tainted, or aren't produced to any uniform potency.
EDIT: see denatured alcohol at any hardware store.