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The Scandinavian countries show that if you do not prohibit completely, but just make people jump through some hoops to get it and/or make it very expensive, it
by jhrmnn 7y ago
The Scandinavian countries show that if you do not prohibit completely, but just make people jump through some hoops to get it and/or make it very expensive, it sort of works.
- retiredcoder 7y agoI find that there is much more smoking (including indoor) and drinking in Denmark than most of any other place I lived, or maybe I am just older now and can’t the hangovers are much longer??
- dmoy 7y agoMaybe they meant Sweden/Norway only? I'm not sure. I think the alcohol tax in Sweden is like a full 7x higher than Denmark. I could be wrong there. This is second hand from an old co worker, and years out of date.
- jhrmnn 7y agoYes, I had Iceland, Norway, and Sweden in mind. Iceland is very strict. Denmark is pretty continental in this regard.
- johnnyletrois 7y agoI think Swedes just end up buying more when visiting systembolaget. And students buy van loads on road trips to Germany.