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?

A fair point, although fortunately those who go on to harder drugs/develop psychosis are in the minority.

I'd ban gambling.

As the daughter of an alcoholic, you couldn’t be more wrong. His drinking had damaged me for life

Imagine it's 2038 and two friends enter into the corner shop. One was born in 2007 and one was born in 2009. They want to buy cigarettes and booze. Will they id both of them? Is this the biggest change - routine regular id requirements?

Was there any consultation on the cigarette ban? I don't remember seeing it.

I’ve never known a cat kill people!

I think religion causes the most harm to societies (or clashes between religions) so by this logic we should ban religion. Job done.

Let's ban people.

Generally yes, but I can assure you if you spent a day in a high security female prison you’d get a rude awakening! But let’s not detract from the original post.

Yes they seem to be the main problem.

Rage bait as my teens would say.

Where are you OP? Probably getting ready for school.

I agree, cats rule.

Tobacco isn’t banned. It’s just taxed very highly to make it unaffordable for most.
Alcohol is also highly taxed.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15799936-how-to-tell-if-your-cat-is-plotting-to-kill-you

Absolutely. Particularly if you don’t react quickly enough to their demands!

Yeah, and I think it's a deliberate act as well. I don't know why they have such murderous intent 😮

Have a day off, will ya? 🤦‍♀️

Sorry, meant to quote OP 🤦‍♀️

Haven't got me reading glasses on 😊

An alcohol ban would mean no coq au vin, no sherry trifle, no steak and ale pie, no pears poached in red wine and my amazing beef braised in Guinness would be off the menu forever. 😪

I agree OP but it’s so deeply entrenched in society that it wouldn’t happen. People are very reliant on it socially and emotionally too.

You never know though, once upon a time banning smoking would have seemed crazy but it has gradually come about.

I have known more people personally who have passed away due to alcohol than any other cause such as smoking, cancer, suicide etc.

I think that we should ban being born as that is the biggest contributor to death ☠️

As an avid hater of alcohol and it's "influence" on families, I would vote for this wit all ten, as they say in my own country.

What a ridiculous idea

calm down op

Alcohol: Ban it
Halloween: Ban it
Fireworks: Ban it.
Knocking on doors: Ban it.

Gotta love MN.

Not a big fan of banning things like this in general, however my current Nemesis is AI. Now that I think should be heavily restricted at least for frivolous use - I can see its potential value for medical research, but writing shopping lists? Nah.....