Jayhall;913557 said:
There cant be any Pros without Cons. Damned if we do, damned if we dont.
So why try to make alcohol illegal knowing full well people will still drink it illegally. What gain does doing that have? Good people who dont break laws will find themselves arrested for buying illegal booze. Underground bootleggers will get rich and fuel other crime in order to produce/sell the booze. Isnt it enough we have drug smugglers running across the border(mexico) willing to kill anyone to get the drugs across. Do we need to add alcohol into that mix of imported stuff making the wrong people rich?
The alternative, keep it legal enforce harsh punishment for people who drink and drive, sell to minors and whatever other public harming crimes. You weed out the people who cant be responsible allowing the rest to enjoy. Add pot into that with the same types of rules and its more win-win than playing big brother banning everything.
If you want to ban booze because it will make people more productive, ban TV. Hell, ban the internet(forums mainly) as a big time waster. All the people on here talking about junk can be out working a 2nd job paying more taxes.
I guess you edited your post, so my reply is just to the first line lol. I wont bother getting into high school kids. We all know once its illegal they will stop doing it! As the same with tv ads, because now that the kid friendly cartoon logo joe camel is gone teenage smoking stopped.... ooops