Why is alcohol legal? It only causes destruction.

Question

Why is alcohol legal? It only causes destruction.

Answer 1

Because its your choice what you want to put in your body not the government's.  

Answer 2

with all respect for your opinion... alcoholic beverages have been around since near the beginning of history.  I will agree that MISUSE of anything is destructive.

If you compare to things that are illegal.. it certainly does not stop anyone from using such things as weed.  Don't interpret that as endorsement!  

Answer 3

I have been drinking for 26 years, and never destroyed anything.

It is just like anything else, you must do it responsibly.  

Answer 4

Because we in the US  tried prohibition and was a miserable failure. It just puts money in the hands of criminals. It also ends up actually increasing alcohol abuse and gets rid of the ability to ensure safe alcohol supplies. In fact, I feel the same way about the drug war. Outlawing alcohol or marijuana for that matter just doesn't work, experience just backs it up.

If you don't want to drink, don't. What makes you feel you have to right to judge what others can legally do with their own bodies?

Answer 5

Because without it life is boring as h**l.

Answer 6

Banning something makes it more desirable. I think the last time it happened was in the 30's, but it put mafias in goldmines. Make drugs legal and the government can control them. They can tax them, make it hard, and they can get more money too.

Destruction is inevitable in all circumstances of any situation - even to the slightest degree.

Answer 7

i agree. Bring back prohibition.

hey joad, i wouldn't care if those who drink only effect their own bodies, but that is not the reality. Thousands of innocent people die every year because some idiot got drunk and decided to drive.

Answer 8

Because in moderation, it's perfectly ok. I think the US government should also legalize marijuana and then just seize control of the marijuana industry so that they can tightly control it. But, they shouldn't legalize it if they're not willing to take control and tightly regulate it.

Answer 9

i don't know, i quit.i kept waking up with strange women.