If any drug should be outlawed

[Casady1]

it is alcohol. That drug has the ability to confuse people enough to make really bad decisions. Recently, A young man who played football at UGA was killed as a passenger in a racing accident after a celebration of their national championships.
Two days ago my sister in-law's sisters best friend was killed by a women who jumped the curb and hit her on the sidewalk. The women who was killed was also good friends of my brother and his wife.

This drug is easily the most destructive drug of them all. This is in response to how we demonize all the other drugs.

[niyad]

1. Prohibition.

[Jerry2144]

2. Tried that 100 years ago. Didn't work

Led to major crime increases and other problems. Maybe we should tax it more, improve education of how it’s harmful and education in general, and look into root causes why people abuse it and have problems with it.

Using Tobacco products should be outlawed in public in any public forum. Much bigger health threat

[ck4829]

4. Just like we're doing that with marijuana and cocaine, they aren't working either

[BigMin28]

5. Hmm

Led to major crime increases and other problems. Maybe we should tax it more, improve education of how it’s harmful and education in general, and look into root causes why people abuse it and have problems with it.

Yet the war on drugs carries on.

[Casady1]

10. That's my point

[Casady1]

8. This is in response to the demonizing of all the other drugs.

[jimfields33]

3. The country tried that and failed miserably

No Politician will ever announce such a thing.

[EYESORE 9001]

6. Absolutely

I conduct a thought experiment where ethyl alcohol had never been discovered. Somebody synthesizes it and submits to FDA for approval. I think the doctors wouldn’t find much in the way of medical use for it, as there are superior medications in every category of usage. I’d put it in Schedule I.

[Tetrachloride]

7. Many bad drivers are known. Yet they have cars and licenses.

Prohibition doesn’t work outside of the Muslim world, as far as I know.

what percentage of DU are dry vs not.

some of us do not want to be dry

some of us want to stay dry

some people do not know what dry is

In Wisconsin, the Tavern League is one of the leading obstacles to sober drivers.

[Casady1]

9. This is in response to the demonizing of all the other drugs.

[Tetrachloride]

12. in my part of the world, tobacco is the lead drug.

some people buy tobacco before they buy food for their family.

regarding other drugs besides alcohol and tobacco, i have not seen any for a few years . i can’t speak to those issues too well

[brewens]

11. It's the only drug I have ever seen anyone OD on, and quite a few times. Myself included if

"driving the porcelain bus" counts.

Not outlawed but more education and maybe some more restrictive laws. I'd like to see ability to buy alcohol used as a deterrent. Any number of things like getting thrown out of a bar, domestic or other violence and you lose your alcohol privileges. Get the cops called because mommy didn't teach you to hold a glass like a big boy and you're done for a while. I know they could still get their shit, but they would have to beg someone to buy for them.

[NutmegYankee]

20. You don't need to buy it.

It's super easy to make at home and has been for a few thousand years.

[Casady1]

13. I believe Sweden fixed the problem of drunk driving

by taking away driving privileges for the rest of one's life if caught drunk driving.

[Duppers]

17. That would be a boom for taxi & Uber services.

And would save so many lives.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

14. I agree with your premise: IF any drug should be outlawed, it SHOULD be alcohol.

[judesedit]

15. I agree. It's the worst drug of all. Stiffer penalties for these preventable accidents

are needed. As with any intoxicant, moderation is the key. Prohibition doesn't work. Life is too crazy to stay straight all the time. Won't happen.

But I do agree. What other substance has people fist fighting, sobbing, throwing up, and falling down all at the same time? Drunks are gross. And, yes, I've been gross, too. DON'T DRIVE!!

[Casady1]

16. That is the problem

It makes them think that they can.

[Arthur_Frain]

18. Yeah it's the "worst" drug we have.

Still don’t want it outlawed.

Look, certain people, due to genetics, upbringing, cultural/religious mores shouldn’t drink, but I still don’t want the government making these decisions.

Bans do not work.

[NutmegYankee]

19. The vast majority of the population will not respect such a ban

It didn't respect that ban a hundred years ago either. Culturally, we have a long history with this drug, and we use it to celebrate life events. And unlike many other drugs, it is super easy to make at home.

[Casady1]

22. Fyi

I come from a long line of bootleggers. My grandmother and mother were known to have the best rice liquor in NYC

[onenote]

21. Alcohol is the most abused drug. It also is used safely more than it is abused.

Pot is abused safely more often than not, which is why it's use is being decriminalized or even legalized (but, like alcohol, regulated) more and more.

On the other hand, there are other drugs that are rarely if ever used "safely", either to the other or to third parties.