Mislabeled wood alcohol killed 28 Portland hobos

Offbeat Oregon History podcast by www.offbeatoregon.com

Aug 27, 202600:09:52Education

The alcoholic derelicts of on Burnside Street knew they could count on denatured alcohol for a cheap-but-nasty buzz; it might make them sick, but it wouldn't kill them. But then, one day, it did. (Portland, Multnomah Cou...

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