Should alcohol be banned?

Yes or No?

State why.

 

Hmmm. I'd have to say Yes.

The reason why I feel alcohol should be banned is because it has killed THOUSANDS of people via Drunk Driving, Alcohol Poisioning Etc. Unlike weed as you say, is not legal. Does not harm the body and has not or rarely killed anyone ( due to stupid people ). Alcohol does harm the body long-term and especially the liver if you are an alcoholic.. Honestly, it makes no sense why weed isn't legal.. The only reason is because they can't charge tax on it !! Alcohol shouldn't entirely be banned but it should be reviewed in my books.

 

yes, so many accidents happen because of alcohol.
even though its good and makes you loosen up it will do more damage to you then you think and may end up killing you and the people around you

 

No. It's apart of the modern culture, it's a lucrative market that supplies many jobs, and alcohol has enough restrictions on it to make it much less of a threat to everyone.

 

Alcohol should be banned, Although there are only a few minor advantages but the Disadvantages take over the superiority in this case therefore it should be Banned.

I can stay up all night and count the disadvantages of Alcohol, But the main ones is that Alcohol destroys your liver and your Brain cells.

 

I'm neither for nor against, but i will argue for both sides, just gonna post 2 for each side now and will expand later.


For being banned -

Causes serious health problems if over used - for example because a binge drinker kills his liver and demands another one he may be taking away a pertiential live saving liver from someone who needs a new liver when they have never drunk in their lives and they were just unfortunate enough tohave a disease or something that leaves them needing a liver transplant.

Causes a lot of unwanted pregnancies - costs the government a lot of money to pay for peoples abortions in the uk when if they hadnt gone out the night before and got shit faced and had sex without a condom or other contraception

For just staying the way it is -

Alcohol is heavily taxed and makes the government money, which you could argue would pay for the abortions.

Can allow people to relax but you can relax in other ways but its just down to personal preference

 

In the IRC, you presented to me a case where a teenager got unwanted pregnancy in a party due to delusion caused by alcohol. Your argument was that the girl was not guilty, because she was forced to because of social pressure.

My argument: No. She made a choice. She chose to go to that party. She chose to drink alchool. She chose to lose control of her senses. How can you, therefore, say that it wasn't her fault, but alcohol's? Do not say it was because of pressure, because she chose to stay with her group of friends.

 

So have guns, and wars. Actually, cars should be banned as well, they cause multiple fatalities daily.

Just because something is bad for you, doesn't mean it should be illegal. Or, do you disagree with that?

So many accidents happen with cars as well. Guns also.

Well that's a bit extreme isn't it. If we were to gather results, we would find that less than 0.001% of the population have been killed from alcohol related incidents.

So? Heard of Accutane?

I think you've misinterpreted me.

Peer pressure makes people do things they wouldn't normally do. So, is it not a possibility that she was socially pressured into drinking alcohol? Once inhibited by alcohol, you lose your cognitive ability to make coherent decisions, and thus, unwanted sex can occur. When you have solid friendship groups, you drift away from choosing to hang out, you just do essentially. Even if she chose to hang out with her friends, is this now a bad thing?

You chose to walk on the street, and therefore if you get run over by a car, it's your fault.

 

malakadang whats your arguement supporting why people who binge drink and cost the government millions a year in the uk and them needing organs which they can be taking from more deserving people?

 

reasons to keep it legal

- most societies value freedom
- prohibition did not work well the last time.
- taxation
- a drink every now and then is enjoyable.
- drinking is ingrained in many peoples lifestyles/traditions.

 

The Government system is fail.

My proposed system.

Do whatever you want, just pay your medical bills, have someone pay them for you, or die (Dumbed down to this scenario).

 

Accutane is rather used as a Medication and a Vitamin and doesn't have long term side affects, Unlike Alcohol it's used for Enjoyment primarily and in fact does have long term side affects.

 

And to follow up with gurt, she decided to drink, she made the choice to want to have intercourse with another person so at the end of the day its her thought, i personally think she shouldn't abort but it would be her choice and i think people should have the choice to do whatever they want, but they should pay for their actions, for example pay for the abortion.

 

I beg your pardon, Accutane has a plethora of side-effects, some lifelong and detrimental.

http://www.acne.org/accutane-side-effects.html

 

Another thing I would like to add: If you do not put a restriction, people will keep doing it. If abortion for pregnancy caused by alcohol was disallowed, then less people would drink out of fear of having an unwanted baby.

 

Perhaps she is partially negligent for deciding to drink. However, that doesn't alter the fact that many people drink due to peer pressure and social desirability. People want to fit in. In Western Society, drinking is fitting in.

As for intercourse, when one is in an alcohol induced state, their cognitive ability to process act appropriately diminishes.

I agree with the abortion part.

Probably. More and more rules, ahh. Less and less liberty.

 

Hence the word; Rare.

These are only minor side affects, Alcohol's Effects are much worse and the proof is that over 10,000 People die yearly from Alcohol in the U.S only. I'm pretty sure Accutane's Side effects haven't done half what Alcohol did.

 

peer pressure gets her to drink, she can have one drink and say ohh ive had enough she doesnt have to keep on drinking and tbh if someones paying attention to how much you drink at a party they're a fucking tool

 

Partially? I say entirely. And I swear I told you not to use the "peer pressure" excuse.
As for the "fitting in" part, it's because your society has grown far too reliant on alcohol, smoking and many other things "for a good time". Keep on going, and you'll just fuck yourselves over.

You never look at the cause of the situation, do you?

And I disagree.

If this liberty means harming society, then NO THANK YOU.

 

Pros and Cons of Alcohol:

Cons-
Impaires your judment, which can lead to bad choices such as... pregnancy, fights, alcohol-related car crashes, divorce, under-age drinking, liver disease, kills brain cells.
Those are only a few things alcohol can do you to

Pros-
?

Statistics-
In 2006, more than 19% of drivers ages 16 to 20 who died in motor vehicle crashes had been drinking alcohol.

Of the 1,746 traffic fatalities among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2006, about one out of every six (17%) involved an alcohol-impaired driver.


In Texas, There were 3,382 death related car incidents and 1,463 of them were caused by alcohol