"I learned this from a firefighter video I saw years ago, probably here on Reddit. If you are ever choking and there is nobody to help you, lay on the floor on your hands and knees, then drop your body to the floor. This should create a sudden puff of air, pushing the food out of your throat. If at first you don't succeed, try it again! It will save your life."
F@#k, man. Thanks for that, I guess....
But during prohibition, the US government mixed it in to try and make people not drink moonshine or spirit smuggled into the country.
Now criminals might mix it into the spirits of other criminal gangs smuggling in contraband spirits.....