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I don't recall where I heard this, if it was a serious suggestion or a comedian, but the idea was simple. When a person reaches legal drinking age they get a dr
by SteveGerencser 6y ago
I don't recall where I heard this, if it was a serious suggestion or a comedian, but the idea was simple. When a person reaches legal drinking age they get a drinking card allowing them to drink and buy alcohol. Not use their driver's license.
Do something illegal that involves alcohol, lose your drinking license for x years to forever. Get caught selling/serving alcohol to someone without a card, that's a 'crime' now.
Additionally, since you are not removing their driver's license as punishment, they can still do things like go to work, take care of kids/family and so on. they just can't drink legally. Obviously lots of issues and ideas, but that is the basic idea.
- abiogenesis 6y agoIt's very easy to make alcohol at home. This would only function as a nuisance for the responsible drinkers.
- dwild 6y ago> This would only function as a nuisance for the responsible drinkers. How so? Keeping a card is not much of a nuisance... > It's very easy to make alcohol at home. Sure and it's easy to find someone else that can get you some, we all know people underage that had no trouble getting alcohol. It's harder though to get though, and let say it's 10% harder, then you just may have saved 10% of the case, much better than doing nothing.
- lambda_obrien 6y agoYou're describing the reasons for the opioid epidemic. First, get someone addicted to opiates for pain, then take them away when it's obvious they are, resulting in the heroin epidemic. There's always gonna be a black market for illegal intoxicants, and addiction is a nasty thing.