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| | U.S. Cracks Down on Rise in Appalachia Moonshine |
 | | But moonshine whiskey, mass-produced at as much as 150 proof or even more and with little attention to health or safety, is growing as a product of interstate commerce. |
 | | Moonshiners produce whiskey for as little as $3 a gallon, the investigators say, then package it in six-packs of gallon plastic jugs, a thicker-gauge variation of milk containers, and sell it, unlabeled, for $10 or $12 a gallon to nip joints, shot houses and the back rooms of bars in Philadelphia, Richmond, Washington and Baltimore. |
 | | Profits from moonshining can be serious money here in Franklin County, where a waning of the textile industry and a decline in tobacco and dairy production have cursed the economy. |
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