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Re:No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health by MauranKilom on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:45AM (#34752705)
> The challenge with socialized medicine is that we should now push to ban alcohol, logically.

That has not worked in the past. Do you think it would work any better nowadays?

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Re:No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health by bjourne on Saturday February 11, 2023 @10:02AM (#34752886)
It actually has worked in the past. But a more pragmatic approach is to tax alcohol heavily so that it costs you more to willingly destroy your body.
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Re:No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health by dividedbyzero on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:52AM (#34752775)
Could present-day China pull something like that off?
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Re:No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health by kevinmchugh on Saturday February 11, 2023 @10:02AM (#34752890)
The reason its effectively important to ban alcohol is because the precursors are sugar, water, and yeast. It's trivial to make alcohol even in small apartments.
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Re:No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health by rs999gti on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:58AM (#34752838)
Yes prohibition in any form, anywhere has always worked successfully
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