How about you do a quick web search and then tell us how many people are killed every year in drunk driving accidents. (And i'm not even asking about deaths from alcohol induced liver disease.)
And then you can tell us how things are so much better with that many people dying every year.
I have long suspected that an objective analysis of the pros and cons of prohibition would not work out so badly for prohibition.
How about you do a quick web search and then tell us how many people are killed every year in drunk driving accidents. (And i'm not even asking about deaths from alcohol induced liver disease.)
And then you can tell us how things are so much better with that many people dying every year.
I have long suspected that an objective analysis of the pros and cons of prohibition would not work out so badly for prohibition.
So that's a long-winded yes-we-should-re-ban-alcohol.
The cons of Prohibition: 'Although consumption of alcohol fell at the beginning of Prohibition, it subsequently increased. Alcohol became more dangerous to consume; crime increased and became "organized"; the court and prison systems were stretched to the breaking point; and corruption of public officials was rampant. No measurable gains were made in productivity or reduced absenteeism. Prohibition removed a significant source of tax revenue and greatly increased government spending. It led many drinkers to switch to opium, marijuana, patent medicines, cocaine, and other dangerous substances that they would have been unlikely to encounter in the absence of Prohibition.
'Those results are documented from a variety of sources, most of which, ironically, are the work of supporters of Prohibition'
- Alcohol Prohibition Was a Failure
The pros of Prohibition: It made 'Progressives' and other nanny-statists feel good.