Why Has Alcohol Not Been Restricted As It Causes So Many Problems In Society
Posted October 9th, 2011 at 5:15PM
Im not sure what the level of alcohol abuse, sickness related to alcohol, days off work, relationship problems, in other counties, but a change in just ignoring the irresponsible consumption of alcohol must be looked at.
i believe counties have a limit of legal consumption of alcohol in turns of health or driving. What we need is to issue a card much like a credit card give it to everyone legally allowed to consume alcohol if they wish it, this card will have on its information the legal limit for that country, when you buy alcohol, you need the card, its swiped and the limit reduced by the purchase, once the limit is reached no more alcohol can be purchased, there fore no abuse of alcohol.
would be interested in your thoughts
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We here in America tried to ban alcohol and it caused more problems than it solved. It doesn't work. In fact, we should legalize the other drugs.
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no banning wont work, hense my idea above, it has to be tightly restricted, but there has to be a will by the government or it will never work, unfortunately the government in most countries couldn't care less. -
legalizing other drugs makes about as much sense as reducing the age of consent to 10 yrs old, just because a section of society feels its a good idea, doesn't make it the right thing to do.
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OK this one I agree with you on. Alcohol is just as bad as some drugs, its such a major issue in society, the damage it does to individuals, families and the community. The problem is it's still so socially accepted if you ban or even put restrictions on it, people are probably just going to want to do it more.(esp teenagers). I don't know what the answer is though.... More education???
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no education is no good if you don't curb the access to people, banning will never happen or is it the right thing to do, but putting on restricted sales is the answer if done by a government willing to achieve change. Sadly we don't have a government with any sense never mind a willingness for change
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Google "The prohibition in USA" . It was severly restricted in the 1920's/30's in the US and it was a disasterous social experiment. Wonderful sentiment but impractical.
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rubbish, alcohol was banned in the 1920's/30's and it didnt work, because of corruption in government etc, it has never been restricted properly, if we had a willing government that saw the mess alcohol caused society, and put a bit of thought into putting restrictions in place, we would have less social problems and still have freedom to drink. Sadly as the voters keep voting in fools, we will never see this happening
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I often get tickled at the way we refuse to legalize pot...even though it helps with a wide variety of medical conditions...and alcohol and cigarettes remain legal. This truly boggles my mind. Last time I checked...alcohol (except for maybe a glass of red wine per day) or cigarettes are not good for the human body when abused...and drive up medical costs substantially in multiple countries each year. I would love to see alcohol restricted...as well as cigarettes for that matter...but there is so much controversy surrounding this topic...I wonder if I will ever see something like this occur in my lifetime. It would be nice...but I'm not holding my breath.
This was an good read. Thanks for posting.
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