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Interesting that the Alcohol lobby is only mentioned once and the big industry players not mentioned. Surely their actions were fundamental in orchestrating th
by headsoup 7y ago
Interesting that the Alcohol lobby is only mentioned once and the big industry players not mentioned. Surely their actions were fundamental in orchestrating the pushback?
Considering the emergence of 'PR' during the same period, alcohol would have remained well supported.
Much as with drugs, total prohibition is not the answer for adult problems, but a balance of education, taxes and regulation should work to reduce the harm, particularly in home and public violence.
I only assume the industry players have been extremely successful in in-graining the attitude that alcohol is a God-given right and social necessity social harm be damned.
- pixl97 7y agoEh, you're underestimating the attraction of vice. Trying to say it's the industry that says alcohol is a right completely neglects the enormous black markets for illegal drugs that don't have rights for. Education only goes so far, as DARE shows you must tell the truth and not embellish it or people neglect your whole message. Push taxes too high and you create a black market too.
- xfitm3 7y agoDARE is a failure. As is the entire war on drugs in America.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> DARE is a failure. Studies of DARE have shown it's a success at producing more positive images of law enforcement among children exposed to it (they've also shown it has no effect on its nominal goal of reducing drug abuse, but do you think it keeps going because no one cares that it's a failure at it's real goal or because it's real goal was never the nominal goal in the first place?)
- loeg 7y agoGP was making a similar criticism of DARE, in a more oblique way. (They're saying DARE was both comprised of falsehoods and a failure.)