In the Land of Mezcal, Prohibition Lives On in This Small Mexican Town Manuel Rueda - Fusion
go to original May 9, 2014

You can't visit Mexico's Oaxaca state without drinking mezcal at some point.

The fiery liquor made of distilled agave follows you around in bars, restaurants, and even small-town grocery shops.

There are dozens of varieties regularly consumed by locals, and the fancier distilleries even organize tours that attract droves of foreigners to the region's agave fields.

But there's one place in Oaxaca where you will not find mezcal - or any other sort of alcohol. The Village of San Vicente Lachixio in Oaxaca's Sierra Costera region has banned alcohol sales for the past 35 years, making it one of the rare "dry counties" in Mexico.

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