Illegalizing alcohol - would you be in favour of such a move

ilovesleep

They say alcohol in moderation is good for you - like a glass of red wine a day. Problem here in this country is that many people do not know how to drink sensibly. Many would go out at weekends and binge drink. Some people who go out and do know how to drink sensibly may end up being intoxicated without wishing to due to other factors such as tiredness, hunger, stress, menstruation which leads to alcohol being absorbed into the bloodstream quicker.

The effects of alcohol in these cases could cause such things as:
- alcohol poisoning
- assaults, and rape
- more prone to sillyiness which could result in harm of oneself.
- more vulnerable to peer pressure - could lead to taking hardcore drugs more easily such as ecstasy, cocaine
- unprotected sex
- unwanted pregnancies
- sexually transmitted diseases
- A+E overloads
- drunk driving, which could lead to death of oneself and others

Alcohol is addictive and some may become alcoholics which would result in other problems.
Would you be in favour of such a move

Much as I hate hate hate excess drinking and being around drunk people, no I wouldnt

Storminateacup

I WOULD BURN DOWN THE DAIL IF THEY EVER EVEN TRIED IT.


for real. i am not even joking.

Daegerty

Yes just for the smug feeling I'd enjoy while drinking my home brewed stuff

Revolution9

Alcohol killed my father....AND IT RAPED MY MOTHER!

alwaysadub

Fcuk no!!

Some people cant handle their drink, some can.
Why punish everyone?

Daegerty

Revolution9 wrote: »

Alcohol killed my father....AND IT RAPED MY MOTHER!

and took your sister's money

Bog

It would only lead to bootlegging and unneccessarily elaborate bowling ball liquor-filled shenanigans.

Revolution9

Can we negotiate? Ban alcohol but legalize cannabis.

pigeonbutler

It worked really well in the USA i suppose..

oh wait.... :rolleyes:


Oh and also. "Illegalizing" isn't a word. Try prohibit, ban, outlaw, forbid.

Daniel S

Revolution9 wrote: »

Alcohol killed my father....AND IT RAPED MY MOTHER!

Were you drinking?

Daegerty

Revolution9 wrote: »

Can we negotiate? Ban alcohol but legalize cannabis.

ban Facebook instead, legalise cannabis

omg a kitty

In Ireland????? You're joking right??

[Rasta]

we'd just end up with 1000x more druggies :pac:
so I'd rather see drunk people than thousands of acid heads lurking around jumping people for cash

Stinicker

ilovesleep wrote: »

They say alcohol in moderation is good for you - like a glass of red wine a day. Problem here in this country is that many people do not know how to drink sensibly. Many would go out at weekends and binge drink. Some people who go out and do know how to drink sensibly may end up being intoxicated without wishing to due to other factors such as tiredness, hunger, stress, menstruation which leads to alcohol being absorbed into the bloodstream quicker.

The effects of alcohol in these cases could cause such things as:
- alcohol poisoning
- assaults, and rape
- more prone to sillyiness which could result in harm of oneself.
- more vulnerable to peer pressure - could lead to taking hardcore drugs more easily such as ecstasy, cocaine
- unprotected sex
- unwanted pregnancies
- sexually transmitted diseases
- A+E overloads
- drunk driving, which could lead to death of oneself and others

Alcohol is addictive and some may become alcoholics which would result in other problems.
Would you be in favour of such a move

Lets just ban sex instead, that will solve all your problems.

SafeSurfer

No.

Oh_Noes

Prohibition doesn't work. If alcohol were banned, it would flood the black market, kids would probably be able to get it a lot easier than they do now and people would be arrested and imprisoned for simply wanting to intoxicate themselves which is something our species (and other species) has been doing for thousands of years.

NeedaNewName

I'd raise the legal age to 21 and educate young people on responsible drinking.

Solnskaya

Yes, ban it now. I fancy a Career change, and "bootlegger" has a certain ring to it.


The missus reckons I'd be a dab hand, she says I've had years of experience smuggling noxious liquids, if the bathroom floor is anything to go by.

CrazyRabbit

No. I'd prefer if people chose not to drink it.

theavenger

Hell yeah, then we can do bachelors walk empire.

Is Steve Buscemi free?:D

Mrmoe

The effects of alcohol in these cases could cause such things as:
- alcohol poisoning
- assaults, and rape
- more prone to sillyiness which could result in harm of oneself.
- more vulnerable to peer pressure - could lead to taking hardcore drugs more easily such as ecstasy, cocaine
- unprotected sex
- unwanted pregnancies
- sexually transmitted diseases
- A+E overloads
- drunk driving, which could lead to death of oneself and others

I binge drink on occasions, I have done none of the above. Banning idiots might be a better idea though.

barbarians

Banning alocohol ?
Now that would be funny.



Never going to happen here and if it did we might as well led the criminal gangs run the country.

KeithM89_old

Do it - then i can become a Beer Baron and get to wear a hat...

CokaColumbo

No and I would end the war on all drugs. The negative effects of alcohol prohibition apply to the prohibition of all other drugs.

easyeason3

What a load of ****e.

Why not wrap us up in cotton wool while you're at it.

Celly Smunt

NeedaNewName wrote: »

I'd raise the legal age to 21 and educate young people on responsible drinking.

so instead of drunk,violent,immature 18 year olds running about you'd have stronger more drunk,violent and immature 21 year olds?,makes sense.

Revolution9

easyeason3 wrote: »

What a load of ****e.

Why not wrap us up in cotton wool while you're at it.

Good God that's a great idea.

Imagine rolling down hills drunk wrapped in cotton wool. You're on to something here

ilovesleep

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Prohibition doesn't work. If alcohol were banned, it would flood the black market, kids would probably be able to get it a lot easier than they do now and people would be arrested and imprisoned for simply wanting to intoxicate themselves which is something our species (and other species) has been doing for thousands of years.

Well then why is cannabis illegal?

Stinicker

KeithM89 wrote: »

Do it - then i can become a Beer Baron and get to wear a hat...

And be like Homer in that episode!

blackalicious

alcohol does a lot more damage to society than a lot of the illegal drugs. that said i would never be in favour of illegalizing it.. sure im a semi alcoholic as it is..

RachaelVO

SH!T NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

How else would I find the guts to tell my boss to go fcuk himself?????

Revolution9

ilovesleep wrote: »

Well then why is cannabis illegal?

The question is not why is it illegal but does it's illegality serve society. A lot of people seem to think it doesn't. Certainly wouldn't with alcohol as the Yanks proved in the 30s

Chaotic_Forces

Not untill we invent a way to make Homer Simpson real.

Oh_Noes

ilovesleep wrote: »

Well then why is cannabis illegal?

It shouldn't be.

CokaColumbo

blackalicious wrote: »

.. sure im a semi alcoholic as it is..

That's the first half-step on the road to recovery.

davyjose

ilovesleep wrote: »

They say alcohol in moderation is good for you - like a glass of red wine a day. Problem here in this country is that many people do not know how to drink sensibly. Many would go out at weekends and binge drink. Some people who go out and do know how to drink sensibly may end up being intoxicated without wishing to due to other factors such as tiredness, hunger, stress, menstruation which leads to alcohol being absorbed into the bloodstream quicker.

The effects of alcohol in these cases could cause such things as:
- alcohol poisoning
- assaults, and rape
- more prone to sillyiness which could result in harm of oneself.
- more vulnerable to peer pressure - could lead to taking hardcore drugs more easily such as ecstasy, cocaine
- unprotected sex
- unwanted pregnancies
- sexually transmitted diseases
- A+E overloads
- drunk driving, which could lead to death of oneself and others

Alcohol is addictive and some may become alcoholics which would result in other problems.
Would you be in favour of such a move

I don't agree with any of these. Just saying. but my biggest objection to this:

Do I want a barely qualified, elected smoothtalker in a suit to make these decisions for me, a guy whom historically would be corrupt, self-serving, and generally misguided?

Nope. Me and my family can make our own fcuking decisions TYVM!!!

Squirm

Ok, ignoring completely the actual practicalities of illegalising alcohol or the potential side-effects (homebrew and the danger of everyone drinking 80 proof moonshine instead!)...

... in a way, yes I would.

I am not a big drinker anymore and I find it difficult to organise activities with my friends that do not involve alcohol. When I suggest going for dinner, I am regularly met with reluctance, on the grounds that no-one has any money and everyone is going out that night and needs cash for booze and taxis etc. And organising day-time activities can be difficult too, when everyone is hungover at the weekend! Of course I am not talking about all my friends, all the time, but it's something I am noticing more and more, the less I drink. I go to pubs and have a few and I am not against going to pubs and not drinking, but it would be nice to place an emphasis on something else for a while.

That said, it is an absolutely bogus suggestion that would never, in a month of Sundays, be remotely realistic or feasible.

Oh_Noes

pmcmahon wrote: »

so instead of drunk,violent,immature 18 year olds running about you'd have stronger more drunk,violent and immature 21 year olds?,makes sense.

Plenty of drunk, violent and immature 41 year olds in the center of my town every wekend. We need to educate our adult society on moderate alcohol use before we can give them the responsibility of educating their kids by setting the right example.

geetar

the amount of money the government gets from alcohol tax means your outrageous idea will never happen. they should legalise cannabis, make dublin the new amsterdam, and reap in the extra tourism and tax sales (and cookie sales)

PeakOutput

not a chance and I dont even like alcohol all that much

RichieC

Only a person with the IQ of a chimp would think it a good idea.

Celly Smunt

Oh_Noes wrote: »

It shouldn't be.

to be honest,i don't think i have met anybody at a cannabis leagalisation march that would make me want to legalise it

CreepingDeath

There was talk of banning cheap alcohol from supermarkets.
That probably does have bad impact, when cheap booze is readily available.

Can't remember if it was France who started that, and England wanted to adopt it.

Savage Tyrant

I wouldn't support the banning of alcohol. But I most certainly would support the banning of people who abuse alcohol from ever receiving organ transplants that are needed as a direct result of the abuse of alcohol.

whiteonion

We should raise the drinking age to 21 in this country and also allow the shops to only sell it until 8pm and not at all on Sundays. I am not in favour of a total ban of alcohol at this stage.

Chaotic_Forces

whiteonion wrote: »

We should raise the drinking age to 21 in this country and also allow the shops to only sell it until 8pm and not at all on Sundays. I am not in favour of a total ban of alcohol at this stage.

Raising the age limit wouldn't help in the slightest. Neither would controlling the selling. Irish people don't understand the ability to limit their drinking.

RichieC

whiteonion wrote: »

We should raise the drinking age to 21 in this country and also allow the shops to only sell it until 8pm and not at all on Sundays. I am not in favour of a total ban of alcohol at this stage.

:rolleyes:

geetar

whiteonion wrote: »

We should raise the drinking age to 21 in this country and also allow the shops to only sell it until 8pm and not at all on Sundays. I am not in favour of a total ban of alcohol at this stage.

what would delaying sales hours do? that could only make people stock up and drink even more. 21 would be a bad move, it should probably be lowered if anything. if it wasnt a taboo with teens, it wouldnt be so tempting, and maybe theyd have a few beers instead of a shoulder of vodka in their back pocket.

mikemac

whiteonion wrote: »

We should raise the drinking age to 21 in this country and also allow the shops to only sell it until 8pm and not at all on Sundays. I am not in favour of a total ban of alcohol at this stage.

I'm old enough to remember "holy hour" on Sunday and it wasn't that long ago.
Pubs didn't shut down but they turned off the lights and closed the doors

Realy, whiteonion Ireland has had strict rules and it never ever worked

Oh_Noes

pmcmahon wrote: »

to be honest,i don't think i have met anybody at a cannabis leagalisation march that would make me want to legalise it

I've met plenty of people in practically every area of life that would make me want to make alcohol illegal. But I know those people don't represent your average drinker.