[Lexinom]

Michael Horton cited that fact in his book Putting Amazing Back Into Grace. It's the forbidden fruit effect: make something readily available and people are less likely to abuse it.

[Gamecock]

I recently heard the study that showed it, I just can't find the source.

[TomSmedley]

It's the forbidden fruit effect: make something readily available and people are less likely to abuse it.

Bootlegging gangs during prohibition (the insane attempt by unitarians and their evangelical dupes to make their neighbors holier than Jesus by force and threat of force) were overwhelmingly Jewish and Italian. Both cultures had strong family structures -- and both treated alcohol as another normal foodstuff, not some kind of evil magic voodoo juice.