[drt1]

Should we ban alcohol because some people have a tendency to overindulge and destroy their lives?

Came across your post lately.

I don't think anything should ever be banned if it's use is purely a matter of personal choice and the effects of it's use inure ONLY to the user. Your example is IMO inapposite. More often than not the use/abuse of alcohol has disastrous impacts on everyone other than the user. Just ask victims of drunk drivers or acquaintances of alcoholics who have been assaulted or worse by an out-of-control inebriant.

I strongly suspect the same is true of many other so-called 'Personal Activities' including pornography.

[Ken H]

I don't think anything should ever be banned if it's use is purely a matter of personal choice and the effects of it's use inure ONLY to the user.

Does that mean tobacco and fatty foods, for example, should be banned?

Your example is IMO inapposite. More often than not the use/abuse of alcohol has disastrous impacts on everyone other than the user.

What do you mean by use/abuse? Are you saying that more often than not the use of alcohol has disastrous impacts on others, or just the abuse of alcohol?

Just ask victims of drunk drivers or acquaintances of alcoholics who have been assaulted or worse by an out-of-control inebriant.

What should be done about alcohol that is not being done now?