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Alberta distillery to stop making 4-litre vodka jugs after minister raises concern
(edmonton.ctvnews.ca)
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2024
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...sharing with a large group of people?
To me it seems aimed at people that want to buy a lot of alcohol for not very much money, which tends to be young people, but they don't seem to have done anything in particular to target young people.
1 liter of vodka is more than enough to kill a healthy adult by alcohol poisoning. It's not the size of the container that prevents that. Are these 4 liter jugs less expensive than 1 liter bottles?
If you want to prevent alcohol deaths you should focus on addressing the causes of alcoholism (I'm not an expert but shooting from the hip: loneliness and hopelessness) and drunk driving (again, not an expert but: transit infrastructure).
You kind of countered your own comment at the end
One of the leading causes of alcoholism is cheap access to alcohol
I've done some toggling and found this article abstract.
and what I have to say is this:
Touche.
Key sentence:
I guess I'd be pleased to see the provincial Alberta government embrace epidemiologically based policy making. Especially if they do it consistently and not just when it aligns with their ideology.
For alcohol, because of it's prevalence in society, yet known destructiveness, it is a very prickly topic. Historically we already know that prohibition is the worst solution to the problem and has far worse outcomes.