In view of the social problems that alcohol produces, it's addictive properties and in line with the governments hardening line on cannabis, I propose that;
1. Alcohol should be banned.
2. Anyone found in the possession of alcohol should be made to carry out communitiy service.
3. Repeat offenders should be sent to jail.
4. Brewers should be given a minimum 5 year jail sentence.
What say ye?
2007-07-20 08:58:47 · 38 answers · asked by tuthutop 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Alcohol is a part of history and culture, not to mention an important part of the economy. For a look at how your plan worked in the past, study up on Prohibition.
As a general rule, when you outlaw a drug, whether it be heroin or booze, the impact is that organized crime prospers. The government loses tax revenue. The people still use, they just go to a different source.
What ever happened to the land of the FREE?
2007-07-20 09:09:15 · answer #1 · answered by Bruce J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Alcohol used wisely is a gift used badly it is a curse.
Drugs are just a curse the more you have the more you want. Cannabis is the way to a full scale drug problem. However a lot more research should be carried out into the benefits for MS sufferers etc
2007-07-20 09:30:22 · answer #2 · answered by Scouse 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you take any notice in your history lessons? Think about America in the years of prohibition, it just bought in gangsters and boot-legging. The best thing to do is make alcohol a normal thing, let parents give their children drinks with dinner so it becomes just every day and people wouldn't abuse it. My parents have always trusted me with alcohol and let me drink at dinner, and to be honest I've only ever had two hangovers in my life (at the age of 14 with my brother) and I don't even like it anymore. Drinking is something kids have to do, it's like a right of passage, and most kids have a phase of binging and then they grow out of it, you just got to trust people more.
2007-07-20 09:50:00 · answer #3 · answered by floppity 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The problem is that it's already been tried - it was called Prohibition - and the consumption of alcohol simply went underground and was responsible for allowing the various mobs (whose legacy persists eveb today) to gain huge amounts of power and undeclared wealth.
Better devote your attention to arms manufacturers. Why can't they get their kicks out of feeding the world instead of making inflated profits by allowing people - organised or otherwise - to kill one another?
2007-07-20 09:08:00 · answer #4 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus turned water into wine. Alcohol is fine in moderation. The problem arises with excess consumption or in people who are genetically predisposed to alcoholism. I don't agree that it should be banned, but there should be much greater education about it's potential dangers.
2007-07-20 09:13:39 · answer #5 · answered by luigi 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absototallootly!! Alcohol causes more damage than smoking 200 cigs a day, it is an absolute poison, overloads the NHS, increases violent crime, if it was invented today, it would be a class A drug tomorrow!!
2007-07-20 09:08:24 · answer #6 · answered by Jess 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The prisons are full.
The government makes alot of money from alcohol.
If you need help to stop drinking, don't try to do it by making the rest of us suffer without it... just go to rehab!
2007-07-20 11:35:38 · answer #7 · answered by Just me 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They tried it. It was called Prohibition.
It was the only time a Constitutional Amendment was repealed in its entirety.
But there are some "dry" counties where alcohol is not allowed.
2007-07-20 09:05:41 · answer #8 · answered by coragryph 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I disagree, this would only stick another hand of government into our lives. Individual activity that does not hurt others is not the government's concern. When they start to hurt people, that when it becomes a problem.
2007-07-20 09:02:40 · answer #9 · answered by bob 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
or alternatively lets not.....
why should decent people be stopped from having the odd drink ?
Sure I agree that the drunks who cause trouble should be arrested and taken out of the way of decent people, though why just because of them should decent responsible people do without ?
2007-07-20 09:12:06 · answer #10 · answered by Roger 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋