Drinking is incredibly common, so everyone has some experience with it, and very few experience loss due to it. Same reason the flu vaccine has perpetually low

Drinking is incredibly common, so everyone has some experience with it, and very few experience loss due to it. Same reason the flu vaccine has perpetually low uptake. Prohibition is also taught in American schools as THE failure of government policy. The barest suggestion that alcohol regulation might be necessary to prevent some problem is going to be immediately viewed through that lens.