To think that alcohol should also be banned for anyone born after 2008?

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Alcohol causes just as much, if not more harm to society as tobacco does. IMO it should be banned as well. Any possibly junk food as well?

Another goody thread where the OP doesn't come back?

Not all people want to lead a calm, healthy life, drink mint tea and go to bed with a clear head.

It isn't as if humans are going to give up their vices. It would probably just cause an increase in the consumption of drugs like ketamine.

Agree entirely. Just within my lifetime there seems to be so many more things that used to be considered an individual's own responsibility but which now have state poking their nose in.

Well, they can give you a deadly stare...😱

Women make up only 4% of the prison population.

No surprises there then.

OP - I think we should ban artificial sweeteners, energy drinks, tanning salons and also going outside when it's sunny, staying up later than 11pm as an adult, driving, flying in aeroplanes, the use of the phrases "picky bits" and "picky tea" and Gary Davies the Radio 2 DJ. All perfectly reasonable bannings imvho.

Which one of those substances is funding his job?

Hint: not the banned one.

Exactly. My stepson just turned 18 and had a party at ours. We returned at 1 am to find the kitchen sparkling clean, and the remaining kids were watching cat videos on YouTube. They'd also only drank a third of the massive box of coronas my partner bought them 😂

I once went for a job at a charity funded by the owner of a privately owned alcohol producer.

The funding wasn’t immediately obvious but I worked out with a bit of desk research. It struck me that they could probably do far more social good for the cause that they had adopted by ceasing to sell the product in question. Plus the whole thing felt like a personal fiefdom.

It left a bad taste in my mouth and in the end I withdrew from the interview.

Check out the OP's username. This poster is a prolific poster of unreasoned assertions. Be grateful they're not back with incoherent ramblings.

Avoid.

That’s the person drinking though. Not the alcohol itself.

I kind of agree, given there is no safe level of alcohol to consume based on cancer research, and it’s a massive commercial business raking in billions. We’re constantly seeing drinking on TV as something most people do, often connected to glamorous lifestyle. But no one mentions that alcohol is basically poison! I used to love a couple of glasses of wine every week, didn’t think it was doing me any harm, until I got breast cancer and was told alcohol was likely a major factor…

Blimey you’re lucky. Teenagers had a house party in our road a few weeks ago which got completely out of control, police and ambulance called. The amount of alcohol (and drugs) there was insane! Banning things just sends them underground surely?

Let’s ban EVERYTHIHG!!!

I think that ship has sailed. Young people don’t dance anymore because they are scared they will be filmed. Isn’t that sad?

and the cancer-causing effects of tobacco on individuals are significantly higher than those of alcohol

Alcohol itself is a grade one carcinogen and I think that should be printed on the label. If a skin care product contributed to the development of skin cancer for example, we would fully expect that to be made abundantly clear to the public so the same is true of alcohol.

It would be interesting to see if the numbers of alcoholics will be going down in the next generations due to more people being diagnosed and getting help with Autism and/or ADHD. I'm pretty sure that a large percentage of alcoholics are people with those conditions self medicating as they can't cope with real life and don't know why.

🍻 cheers!

To be fair, it's not the cat that caused the sepsis, it's the virus or bacteria that infected the wound. We could ban viruses.

Actually, banning mosquitoes would save many, many lives. They are the animal whose bites are responsible for the most animal-related deaths.

Young people are less likely to drink than older generations. I know my DDs, nephews, nieces and their friends don't really drink and they are all late teens/early 20s.
If you're going to ban it at least look at the age group that are causing the problem. In your world are we allowed to drink/eat anything apart from water and lettuce leaves?.

Slippers. The clue's in the name.

Poor cats have been taking the rap for unsuitable footwear for decades. And for cot deaths before that.

God you sound fun!

Have you never come across people who can do things in moderation?! !

Do you really think you are omnipotent?!

Do you really know people who think they are omnipotent?!

Do you know what omnipotent means?!

They are callled slippers because they have no laces or buckle hence you can slip them on and off, not because you slip in them.

The Americans tried this, didn't they? Didn't go very well did it? Led to increased violence, increased making of illegal alcohol. Plus the government lost out on a great deal of tax.

No, I don't want to live in a puritanical society. Banning tobacco, I can support. But alcohol? No way. It can cause a problem for a minority, but for the majority, it is enjoyed sensibly.