Do you think that alcohol, drugs and other substance abuse should be banned by religion or by law?

Question

If yes, Why?
If, Not why not?
Is there any age limit for availavility?

Answer 1

From Both ..

And The Answer Is Yes. .

No Alcohol, Drugs .. World Peace >.< ... no sex if not marry too .. no b*itch in day and night too

Answer 2

Depends. Any religion can ban whatever it wants to ban within its own. Has no force of law, a person can simply choose not to be part of that particular religions movement if they do not agree with the ban.
As far as being banned by law, that is another question. There was an attempt to ban alcohol in NOrth America and it simply did not work. But you are talking about banning the substance abuse? or did you mean the abusable substance? To some extent the abuse is banned in many ways. You can be jailed for driving with over a certain amount of alcohol in your system. Drunkenness in public places can be a misdemeanour.
As far as drugs are concerned, some are banned, soome are not. Does the ban work? Would there be less violent crime if they were not banned? There are a lot of good arguments on both sides of that question. I don't have a final answer. but here is some of my reasoning:
If we continue to ban those drugs that are now illegal, then that encourages criminals to control the sale of them, ups the price because they are illegal. So people have to sell in order to be able ot afford to buy, which increases consumption. Others go into prostitution in order to be able to afford drugs. A powerful argument for legalization.
On the other hand, the argument for keeping them illegal seems to be just as powerful. Because for many people, who act like sheep, legalization makes things respectable. So you could see a lot of people "respectable" types, smoking up or even shooting up, in their homes, in the presence of their children... I really don't think I am exaggerating. People would treat drugs the way the treat alcohol today. Youngsters would grow up being told "it's not good for you" but would just naturally try it.
I would not like to be a politician who had to vote on that right now. My response would be: "Let's not move too fast, and keep thinking about it".

Answer 3

Religion can ban whatever the community wants: Drugs, alcohol, sex, pork music, apples, steak & kidney pie.

In the US two experiments at banning intoxicants have failed. Prohibition in the 1920s and the so-called "War on Drugs" in the last 45 years. These prohibitions have led to mob violence, family dissolution, untaxed income, and general mayhem.

When prohibition ended and alcohol was regulated but not banned, it became a more controlled substance than when it was banned entirely. For that reason I propose licensing the sale of marijuana and opiates, and perhaps cocaine as well. The details of how to do this should be thought out more fully than I can here, but clearly the game in which we are now engaged is not helping individuals, families, communities or the country.

BTW: Age limit for availability should remain 21.

2BTW: I rarely drink and have never taken an illegal drug, including marijuana.

Answer 4

Very good question but not something anyone could answer in a few paragraphs as there are too many gray areas to any argument on this.
In GENERAL however - I think it should not be banned by law. Regulated sales...and age restricted..there would still be problems but far less of them.
Religions all ALREADY have their own viewpoints on this...I'm not too sure of too many that say it's FINE to abuse drugs and alcohol...lol. I don't think anyone should be thrown out of a church affiliation if they are a drug or alcohol abuser, though sadly I suppose it does happen - rather they are the ones that most needs the comfort, assistance and guidance of a church if they have one...there are just too many religions and too many sects of each to even get into that specifically either.

Answer 5

That would be ideal...

.. However, because we live in a multi-religious/multi-cultural world, each culture/religion has their own standard for what is allowed and not allowed when it comes to alcohol.

Drugs are controlled by law, and in most if not all, religions. They have benefits in medicine, but can be easily abused, but the law can handle that.

So to answer your question, I think democracy can solve the problem. For example, in an Islamic democracy, people can decide that both alcohol and drugs are prohibited in their own country by law.

Having said that, an exception can be argued that in touristic locations where income from tourism is very important for the well-being and economy of a country, and the tourists are multi-religious and will want to drink while they are on vacation, that it would be okay by law to serve alcohol.

Answer 6

No, I don't. Prohibition didn't work the last time they tried it. Banning alcohol will not make it go away. And yes, there is an age limit for alcohol and cigarettes. But not for illegal drugs, since no one should be doing drugs, regardless of age....but some people choose to anyway.

Answer 7

Well, I drink about once a week and NEVER do drugs but I think both should be legal. We as a society should have a choice of what we put in our own bodies, so there should be no law against it. Now,
religion on the other hand, should be on a case to case basis. Depending on what you follow, the answer could be different. For example, I am a Presbyterian and we believe that drinking is ok, but not to excess. Don't know much about drugs, but in general, we are
taught not to lose our self in worldly ways (getting drunk, high, etc.)

Answer 8

No to being ruled by your muslim religion. I would rather be ruled by the vote of the people. I do hope I don't hurt your feelings this time to the point of having Yahoo remove my answer again. I noticed that my first post got removed. There is that good old freedom of speech thing being stomped on again. Drugs should stay illegal. Alcohol in moderate amounts is actually good for you, so no to it being illegal. The 21 age is adequate in the U.S. I would not want some religious nut muslim cleric who is a terrorist supporting tyrant ruling over me ever. I have seen what they do in the Middle East. Is my answer going to get removed again? Am I not P.C. enough?

Answer 9

Alcohol should not be banned by law. Driving under the influence should not be allowed and strictly enforced. I am a child of the 60's, I would like to see marijuana legalized. After getting high for 37 years, I am living proof that it does not "lead to harder drugs".

Answer 10

Duuhhhh!!!!!! drugs are already banned by several religions. So is alcohol. As far as the law goes... All attempts to stop drug use in the U.S. have been a dismal failure... at the cost of billions of tax payer's dollars.

Legalize it, tax it, and provide for mandatory life sentences for anyone convicted of committing a crime while under the influence!!

Answer 11

Yes by both religion as well as law for the various nefarious activity inducing effect of the alcohal which is injurious to the individual and the society. Age has no preference over the above edict.