“So no, prohibition of alcohol would not be appropriate at this time.”
I get that, but then I look at the devastation caused by liquor and wonder. I know in my own family it has caused untold misery and deprivation. Far worse than most are able to comprehend.
And millions of others as well. 10s of millions.
I cannot imagine any substance that would even compare to such destruction of the human family and soul. Certainly in all of human history none has.
Yet the vast majority of folks are OK with it being legal.
I think that’s because they think it’s OK for people to choose. Right or wrong. Good or bad.
And they know the impact on Law and Order when the state tries, and is able, to prevent the people from making those choices. Gangs, corruption of LEO, dirty money and murder. And a litany of bad social impacts exacerbated by the information age and the surveillance state.
That’s why I choose full, nationwide legalization. People must be allowed to fail. And the rest of us have to pick up the pieces.
I see no other rational course. Even with first-hand experience with the death and destruction of liquor.
Then you and I come from families with similar histories. I do not drink alcohol or take any mind altering drugs. Even when I was given pain medications for a ruptured appendix I began refusing them the following morning. I know that with my family history that I am very vulnerable to addiction. I could not adequately describe the devastation that drugs and alcohol have wreaked on good men and women in my family.
And that is why I take this issue extremely seriously and will fight you and others on this until my dying breath.