Is There a Way to Make Alcohol Illegal?

LZ Granderson says we should make alcohol illegal, which is a regulation legal regulate. LZ: Prohibition did not work because it increased crime and illegal drinking that was made in bathtubs It didn't work actually if you look at basically any study that looks at prohibition era anywhere from 20 to 60 percent of Alcohol consumption was it was decreased by that percentage. As far as legalizing it's we'll go back to gambling And regulating gambling it's not working The promises that were made is oh if you legalize gambling in New York We're going to take hundreds of millions of dollars and put into schools not happening So it's just a it's a net negative. It's a net social cost

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