you sound like one of those non-believers. i could no more poison you with homemade rum,, than you could poison me with ditch weed.
one of the common misconceptions with home brew is poisoning. now,, there were moonshiners back in prohibition that would add things to "thin" out their brew,,, and the government makes us add poison to make rubbing alcohol undrinkable (denatured). but distilling is a purifying process where bad things are removed. and there arent alot of bad things to begin with,, mostly stuff that tastes funny, and you would have to drink a whole lot of those bad things to even get sick (and youd probably get sick from the alcohol first).
george washington was a big proponent of home distilling and he thought everyone should have one in their yard.
do i sound fanatical??