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[–] Eddbopkins@lemmy.world -3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

heres a down vote me comment......ya know, id be ok if prohibition of alcohol came back

[–] remon@ani.social 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Last time it was tried the homicide rate went up by 13% ...

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well im a bit suprised that smuggling increased it that much but numbers dont lie

some historians speculate that the total number could have continued to rise due to the increase in criminal activity associated with the illegal alcohol trade.

[–] hark@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Homicides were trending up leading into it, perhaps there were other factors involved as well.

[–] FatVegan@leminal.space 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I quit drinking a good 10 years ago. Once you stop drinking and realise how weird alcohol culture is and how it's somehow everywhere and everything is just better without... Fully agree.

[–] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I still drink.

Mainly responsibly. Once or twice a year, if even, I'll go overboard, but otherwise it's a one or two drink thing.

I couldn't agree more. It's a great social lubricant but I have no idea how you can be an adult that gets hammered drunk on the regular.

It's by far the worst drug in the world and turns people into fucking morons. I've learned a healthy respect for it, and know how spectacularly wrong things can go when you overindulge and the flaming trail of wreckage the drug causes isn't worth whatever fleeting moments of pleasure getting carried away causes. And I've internalized that hard.

[–] Poojabber@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Im not gonna downvote you, but the cocaine use may have also been a factor here...

[–] DioramaOfShit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

But then we would have to start bombing Venezuelas booze boats.