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- Existing WHO recommendations on ads, pricing and driving laws could serve as the framework for a new international convention on alcohol regulation, yet even the US would struggle to meet some of them
I would like to know the statistics for which countries have the most alcohol related deaths? I wouldn't be surprised if countries that allow people to drink at a younger age have less problems with alcoholism, such as many European countries. I think that the many rules and restrictions around drugs and alcohol only promote their misuse. In North America, especially Canada, alcohol is very regulated, which doesn't produce a culture that learns healthy and appropriate levels of consumption early on. Instead doing drugs or drinking is a attractive act of rebellion, but with that removed I think young adults would become more responsible with its use which would in turn affect how they consume as an adult.
War on drugs, fat, tobbaco, booze, porn, games, meat, fun, or another substance besides veggies is on. Be afraid when they can finally read our minds, or just eliminate anonymity on the internet and they will start grinding out our less useful thoughts, all in our best interest, I'm sure.
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Not about banning it, it's about reducing this kind of shit through social change: http://www.livescience.com/3439-drinking-hurts-emergency-roo...
"Countries are aware of the problem, but several haven't made a real commitment to implementing the recommendations," Sridhar told LiveScience. "The problem is not with ministries of health but with ministries of finance, trade, etc. who prioritize other interests first."
I think an equal or greater issue is that people just like to drink alcohol. If you make it too difficult to get a popular substance legally, people find ways to do it illegally. It's just that simple. From where I stand, you can only reduce alcohol use so much (or any drug for that matter).