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> The challenge with socialized medicine is that we should now push to ban alcohol, logically. That has not worked in the past. Do you think it would work any
by MauranKilom 4y ago
> The challenge with socialized medicine is that we should now push to ban alcohol, logically.
That has not worked in the past. Do you think it would work any better nowadays?
- dividedbyzero 4y agoCould present-day China pull something like that off?
- rs999gti 4y agoYes prohibition in any form, anywhere has always worked successfully
- kevinmchugh 4y agoThe reason its effectively impossible to ban alcohol is because the precursors are sugar, water, and yeast. It's trivial to make alcohol even in small apartments.
- bjourne 4y agoIt actually has worked in the past. But a more pragmatic approach is to tax alcohol heavily so that it costs you more to willingly destroy your body.