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c22today at 2:55 PM3 repliesview on HN

Wouldn't it be better to take the alcohol away?


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ativzzztoday at 6:37 PM

The US tried this in 1920 and rolled it back a decade later - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_Stat...

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volkl48today at 5:39 PM

We tried that once. It caused a lot of other problems.

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nathanaldensrtoday at 3:59 PM

LOL, exactly! The underlying problem is people's addiction to drugs, not all the symptoms that come from those addictions.