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mk · 4282 days ago · link · · parent · post: Mark Kleiman on why we need to solve our alcohol problem to solve our crime problem
I'm not sure that an increased alcohol tax will curb excessive drinking. Maybe, but I don't think that a direct comparison with cigarettes works. This is a pretty bad idea, IMHO. It will probably just launch a market of blackmarket sellers. Also, I'd like to see some statistics between alcohol consumption per capita and crime. To me this smacks of treating a symptom and not a cause.We need to keep them from drinking, which is what the 24/7 program does. We could also require everyone to be carded. Maybe you still get carded, but I don’t. But imagine everyone got carded, and if I had a DUI, I had a driving license showing I wasn’t allowed to buy a drink.