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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by baddox on Sunday September 04, 2016 @02:50PM (#12426039)
Are alcohol tax revenues being used to mitigate these negative effects? Or are you simply suggesting that the tax should be increased to lower the amount of (legal) alcohol consumed?
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Re:The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition (2010) by hyperpape on Sunday September 04, 2016 @02:57PM (#12426079)
Some of those costs are paid by public funds, and money is fungible, so you could argue that alcohol taxes support mitigating the effects of alcohol use. But the second effect of lowering consumption is probably more important.
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