should we make people purchase a license to drink alcoholic beverages .?

Question

this would allow say a price of $1000.00 dollars say to purchase the right to drink and a 200 dollar a year renewal .
WITHOUT paying these fees you can not purchase alcohol .it can be an addendum to your driver's license.FOR those who do not drive just a simple photo at the dmv and the payment of the fee.
THIS would allow drunk drivers to be removed from the purchasing ability of alcohol for the rest of there lives and end millions of deaths nation wide from alcohol related traffic deaths .this could begin today .with all new licensee's and gradually include everyone over the next 5 years when enforcment begins.

Answer 1

They tried a similar plan with prohibition. That didn't work either. With all the taxes on Alcohol, we already are paying a fee. We are using the time payment plan.

Answer 2

That's a noble idea, but not practical. Until people begin to practice self-control, no law or government intervention is going to stop their behavior.

First of all, it would not end drunk driving. People drive drunk everyday that have not purchased the alcohol themselves. They go to parties, get togethers and events where alcohol is served freely.

Secondly, an alcoholic will not be deterred by a license fee. Just like a drug addict, they need their fix at any cost. Unfortunately, if that alcoholic has a family, that is more money being taken from the needs of the spouse and children, and instead being used towards the alcohol.

Thirdly, that is not fair to those of us who are responsible and do not have drinking problems. I rarely buy alcohol... it is not something I keep in my home on a regular basis, except wine which I primarily use to cook with. Other than that, I purchase liquor or beer only on special occasions or when entertaining. There is no way on earth I would spend $1000 for an alcohol license or a $200 renewal fee each year. That is probably more than I spend on the alcohol.
Also, if a license were required (which I would not purchase) would I then be breaking the law if I asked my neighbor to pick me up a bottle of white wine because I need it for a dinner recipe?

Like most well meant laws, this would probably accomplish a small percentage of its intent, but also cause more problems for those it is designed to protect. There are already age limitations on purchasing alcohol. Only adults 21 years and older can purchase alcohol, and they are expected to behave like adults when consuming it. People need to take it upon themselves to act responsibly!

A more effective solution to drunk driving is one that is already in place. That being the breathalyzers that are installed into vehicles owned by people who have been convicted of drunk driving. This disables their vehicle from starting if they are drunk. It assures that the alcoholic cannot drive, and also does not cost the rest of us anything.

Answer 3

Why its already a controlled substance. The only thing is there is such thing as a freedom of choice. Why should we be concerned what other people do with their money or the fact that they are addicted. There are many prominent people who have tons of $ that will find a way around the system to get these licenses and i bet many of which have or will have DUI tickets. The only thing we can do is be more assertive with our laws and have a no leniency policy. immediate and more jail time. The only thing it will do is drive the prices of alcohol up because of a thing called a black market. The war on drugs now is a loose loose situation and it we were to control alcohol we would be spending even more $ fighting it because this to will become a loose loose scenario. All we can do is look to our governments to set precedence on how we should address this situation to ensure the safety of everyone.

Answer 4

so, poor people couldn't drink legally

you imply, but do not state explicitly, that if the DMV had records that you had been driving drunk, that they would not renew your drinking ( or would it be driving) license?

the DMV already has such records. They and the courts do take away people's driving licenses.

Underage people can get alcohol today. And people get fake licenses and borrow their friends licenses. i believe there will always be some stores willing to sell alcohol to anyone.

But i would like to find something that works better than today's system. Keep working on your plan - it might get us to a better place.

maybe if the license you are considering had something like your thumbprint, so it couldn't be swapped or traded, and would be sort of expensive to forge.

Answer 5

That's the MOST retarded thing I have seen you post PTF. You usually have decent ideas but this one is lame. Making people pay for a drinking license is a bad idea. That's not going to stop drunk drivers and why do you want to give the feds more money than they are already taking. A drinking license will bring back tactics of prohibition and make moonshine (a much more dangerous concoction) more prevalent.

Answer 6

That's an asinine solution to the drunk-driving problem...do you honestly think a "drinking license" could be pushed on the public without riots and a second coming of the bootleg era?

A far simpler solution would be to stamp serial drunk-drivers licenses/id cards to show that they are forbidden to purchase alcohal. Not that this will stop them, but it's far more realistic.

Answer 7

It wouldn't solve anything. Alcohol is readily available to anyone. And I am thinking that 18-22 year olds consume A LOT of alcohol, and don't necessarily have 1000 to purchase the right to drink.

Answer 8

Why should only rich people get to drink? Think about all the people who would be put out of a job. Think about the havoc this would cause in jail and prison. Think about all the robberies that would start. It's a nice thought, but there's too many people it's unfair to.

Answer 9

prisons and jails are already over populated. doing this would create more havoc with us alcoholics. people w/o licences still drive. and people w/o licences who have DUI's still drink AND drive. paying more money wouldn't make a difference. To cut them off completely from stores and bars would create robberies and murders. Intentional instead of unintentional. a good thought, but this is supposed to be a free, not exactly fair, but a free country

Answer 10

never!@!!!!

i want to drink when im older. thats pretty gay... drinking alcohol can be okay whe u watch ur health and wat u do and who u r drinking it with.

u have a point but people would just purchase the thingy and still drink and drive.

u know wat would really be nice?

an ignition key that has an intoxilyzer so u can only start the car if ur blood alcohol concentration is below 0.08% which is the legally drunk percentage for california dono about the other states.

so basically watyever.