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Alcohol should be banned everywhere. (lemy.lol)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/unpopularopinion

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There is not a single reason for any human to get access to alcohol to drink.

Edit 1:

Just to add the people who say that banning does not work is like saying banning guns does not work because people is going to find a way to get them or like saying we should not have speed limits because it does not prevent people from speeding. (Their opinions does not make sense to me)

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[–] nottelling 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Seriously pal, read up on what happened in the US when we tried prohibition. Read up on prison economics. Alcohol is severely restricted in prisons all over he world, and most prisoners have no problems getting alcohol. The only thing that happened when we tried it nationally was we created massive crime rings, and the more of those that shut down, the more popped up.

How much can I make? I can get 55 gallon drums on Amazon. So 55 gallons, at least. I can fit probably 15 of those in my basement. So that's 725 gallons at one time. Read up on bathtub gin. I've got two bathtubs. They're probably around 20 gallons each.

If I was an addict? You literally cannot limit alcohol from people who want it, because it's very easy to produce in very large quantities with very simple equipment. See also the wAr oN dRuGs and how well that limited access to pretty much every narcotic they attempted to control.

e: > If you are a addict you cannot go to the bar for drink.

Lol. Go look up what a speakeasy is. "Illegal" and "unavailable" are two entirely separate and unrelated concepts.