• jayWL@lemmy.ml
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      7 months ago

      actually, no, not a complete disaster. During american prohibition, domestic abuse all but disappeared, same went for a big part of self-harm due to alcohol abuse. It’s normal to paint the prohibition as some complete mistake, but it has positive sides too.

      And I say that as an enjoyer of alcohol and other fun stuff, disagreeing with banning it again

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        7 months ago

        I’d be really interested to know the source of whatever stats say that. I mean, it’s not like people actually stopped drinking, so why would domestic abuse “disappear”? That also totally implies that domestic abuse almost entirely happens because of alcohol.

        With how much political/financial influence/bribery was behind prohibition, I’d totally bet statistics are skewed in favor of prohibition.

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      Yes but this time we legalise all the other drugs. Huge profits.

      In all seriousness, no drugs should be illegal and healthcare and education should be freely available. Universal income. We would need to make conservatism, lobbying and billionaires illegal.