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Wouldn't it be better to take the alcohol away?
by c22 7mo ago
Wouldn't it be better to take the alcohol away?
- nathanaldensr 7mo agoLOL, exactly! The underlying problem is people's addiction to drugs, not all the symptoms that come from those addictions.
- volkl48 7mo agoWe tried that once. It caused a lot of other problems.
- rootusrootus 7mo agoNobody suggested banning alcohol altogether.
- ativzzz 7mo agoThe US tried this in 1920 and rolled it back a decade later - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_Stat...
- rootusrootus 7mo agoSteelman the argument. They didn't say take it away from everyone, they were responding to the idea of taking away cars from alcoholics. We absolutely can take away alcohol from people who are convicted of DUI, as a condition of their release from prison. We do it already in a few places across the US, and it reduces recidivism quite a lot.
- c22 7mo agoBut we still restrict sale of alcohol to minors, suggesting that it, like driving, is a privilege granted only to those we trust to control it, rather than a natural right deserved by everyone.