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Question

If you are going to say the 1920 well darlin It is a new day and what else do we do that we did in the 20's?

Answer 1

If you combine drugs along with alcohol, the answer to your question is yes. These statistics do not take into account the effects of nicotine addiction, which kills 5 times as many people annually than alcohol.

According to a federal survey of jail inmates, in 2002, of the 96,359 violent offenders in jail, 37.6% used alcohol at the time of their offense, 21.8% used drugs, and 47.2% used alcohol or drugs; of the 112,895 property offenders in jail that year, 28.5% used alcohol at the time of their offense, 32.5% used drugs, and 46.8% used alcohol or drugs; of the 112,447 drug offenders in jail that year, 22.4% used alcohol at the time of their offense, 43.2% used drugs, and 51.7% used drugs or alcohol at the time of their offense.

The Department of Justice reported that at year-end 2003, federal prisons held a total of 158,426 inmates, of whom 86,972 (55%) were drug offenders. In 2003, drug law violators comprised 20.0% of all adults serving time in State prisons - 250,900 out of 1,256,400 State prison inmates.

The Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services reports that that alcohol has been a contributing factor in almost 50% of the suicides, homicides and accidental deaths in the U.S. In 1985, approximately 18,000 traffic deaths were found to be related to alcohol consumption.

An estimated $82 billion in lost potential productivity was attributed to alcohol and drug abuse in 1992 ($67.7 billion and $14.2 billion, respectively). This accrued in the form of work not performed - including household tasks - and was measured in terms of lost earnings and household productivity. These costs were primarily borne by the drug or alcohol abusers and by those with whom they lived. About $1 billion was for victims of fetal alcohol syndrome who had survived to adulthood and experienced mental impairment. This study has not attempted to estimate the burden of drug and alcohol problems on work sites or employers.

Answer 2

We aren't going to ban it. Government gets a lot of taxes, and has had a lot of judgments against them as well for big bucks, not using 1 penny for detox centers or any other alcohol program!

I think DRUGS (alcohol is one, but not one that causes the high crime rate) do cause a high crime rate, but it isn't that simple! Wish it were!

As far as families goes, In 16 years of investigating child abuse, almost all, or most, were in some way alcohol related! Alcohol rips families apart, and those who stay together have some dysfunctional dynamics that the kids will live out the rest of their lives, beyond the abuse and domestic violence!

Answer 3

No. I think bad decision making, lack of parenting, drug addicts, and psychopaths are just a few of the reason for all of the crime now a days. I personally only have a glass of wine on special occasions, but I like to be able to have it. Banning drinking will not solve anything. Stricter punishments for violent offenders, DUIs and other crimes will help. But there will always be crime. Until people learn to change it will always be this way.
A psychopath will always be a psychopath, but a person who robs the local grocery store may not do it if their parents had raised them better. It starts at home.

Answer 4

We are making many of the economic mistakes we made in the twenties. Trying to change Social Security is one of them. In 1929 the economy was totally ruined as were many lives. Prohibition was one of the smaller mistakes we made in the twenties. Making a law against alcoholism is like making a law against cancer. We can't legislate diseases or social problems out of existence.

Answer 5

You are an IDIOT! It seems like you may have some underlying issues you need to deal with before deciding whats right and wrong for the rest of society. You seem to think that everyone has a problem with alcohol and with that assumption your argument falls apart. Try thinking a little while before typing and or talking.