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The Sale And Consumption Of Alcohol – The World’s Favourite Drug – Should Be Further Restricted, Or Even Banned?
Alcohol is just as potentially addictive as many illegal drugs. Those who do become addicted to alcohol often lose their marriages, jobs, families, even their lives. A large proportion of homeless people find themselves in that position as a result of their alcoholism. Any drug this addictive and destructive should be illegal.
 spidergirl  02 Oct 2009 05:40
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Despite the fact that advertising campaigns such as those run in the UK over the past 30 years have been successful in reducing the incidence of drink driving, this success has not been mirrored in all countries. And even where it has, deaths and serious injuries caused by drunk drivers still run to the thousands each year. This is an unacceptable situation - alcohol should simply be banned.
It is also true that tax revenues would be lost if alcohol were banned. However, again, this is not a principled reason to reject the proposition, simply a practical problem. It should be pointed out that governments would save a huge amount of money on police and health spending (through the reduction in crime and alcohol-related illness) which would go at least some of the way to offsetting the decreased tax revenues
 
 spidergirl  02 Oct 2009 07:42
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 People who are overtired or emotionally upset present a problem on the roads too. Do you suggest that everyone who didn't get enough sleep call out sick from work, school or other obligations? How about someone who just got a call that a loved one passed and is emotional and driving to be with their family as quickly as possible. Should they just say that they are too upset by the news to go and be with their family? Lots of things are dangerous and can delay our reflexes or result in poor judgment behind the wheel. Maybe we just need to establish stronger punishments for those who choose to drink and drive. The alcohol didn't make them do it. They drove the car on their own. If we ban alcohol, I would find that there are many other things that need to go as well. Hey...ever tried driving after taking a cold pill? Lots of people do it and it even says on the box that you shouldn't. Should be also ban medication because some people will do stupid things or things that they have not thought out well? Probably not. In that case, alcohol shouldn't be banned either. People who abuse it should lose their license. That will improve the statistics a bit.
by  my2cents2u
 13 Oct 2009 03:49
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Why the hell would you want to restrict something that makes you have so much fun. Ban all other drugs, they can kill you straight away. Alcohol makes life interesting and if it was banned people would just find a way round it. It just doesn't work and you need to have fun like me.
 
 kddan  13 Oct 2009 02:56
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 So why don't we legalize murder, rape, etc? According to your logic, if X happens anyway it might as well be legalized so...
by  dlmiller82
 13 Oct 2009 03:31
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People shouldn't read books while driving. Books should not be banned. People shouldn't try to discipline their children while driving. Children should not be banned. People shouldn't eat spaghetti while driving. Spaghetti shouldn't be banned.

People shouldn't drive when they have been drinking alcoholic beverages. Alcoholic beverages should not be banned.

People shouldn't abuse things. Things which abusive people abuse should not be banned.
 
 justsumguy  02 Oct 2009 15:37
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 What he said! I would never drive while drinking, it takes all the fun out of drinking.
by  finsch
 02 Oct 2009 15:40
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You try and take my Whiskey away we will have words little missy!
 
 finsch  02 Oct 2009 15:27
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1) Prohibition has been tried several times in several places and always fails. 2) Alcohol is the 2nd oldest beverage in civilization (after water) and the world hasn't ended from it. 3) Moderate alcohol consumption improves vascular flow, and moderate red wine consumption in particular also reduces bad cholesterol and increases good cholesterol, 4) Malnutrition or over-nutrition (too much food) are as big if not bigger problems than drinking so why not just ban types of food? 5) For each person who abuses alcohol there's about 1000 normal people who don't.
 
 Grenache  02 Oct 2009 11:35
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The French have alcohol regularly with meals, yet alcoholism isn't any greater a problem there.

As with the subject of sex and sex education, the greatest problems with alcohol occur in societies that are publicly prudish and privately prurient: Societies that discuss the topic openly have far fewer problems than those that seek to ban, censor and prevent.
 
 K9  02 Oct 2009 08:07
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 Alcohol is very open in the US. What are you talking about. Look at your average beer commercial.

Its just that American and many western european cultures are very excessive in a lot of things they do.

French are modest with their eating along with drinking. That is built into their culture.
by  moreno
 02 Oct 2009 13:33
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Just stiffer sentences. Drunk drivers should get 20 years or more in jail for manslaughter. If you are caught drunk while driving, mandatory jail time 1 to 6 months plus a stiffer fine.

If they can throw crack heads in jail for 20 years, they can do it for drunkheads.
 
 moreno  02 Oct 2009 06:29
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