[Magdalen] Prescription shift

[Sally Davies]

Yikes...good for the dairy lobby, did everyone a favour.

Sally D, butter lover

On 9 June 2017 at 22:17, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org
> wrote:

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> In a message dated 6/9/2017 3:10:55 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> scottknitter at gmail.com writes:
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> I  did take two bottles to his house once when I was going to Michigan
> to see  my mom. Interstate smuggling of an illegal  substance!>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> Reminds me of the "margarine runners" in the post WW-2
> years when  both Minnesota and Wisconsin had strict laws
> that prevented the selling of yellow-colored oleomargarine in
> pound containers with quarter pound sections the way butter
> ordinarily is marketed.  This was thanks to the powerful dairy
> lobby in both states, of course.
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> Only the squishy bags of white margarine with the little color
> packets were legal.
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> Illinois had no such regulations, though, and there were interstate
> margarine transporters who regularly supplied WI and MN buyers
> with shipments, often in the dead of night via flashlight.
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> My father, being an elected official, had to be especially careful,
> and our cache of margarine was kept in unmarked containers
> under lock and key in a basement room.
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> When the laws finally permitted the selling of yellow margarine in
> MN and WI it was tantamount to the repeal of prohibition.
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> David S.
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