What if government Reduced alcohol content by 50%
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What if government Reduced alcohol content by 50%
Not sure if this is a way of reintroducing prohibition, but what would happen if the government mandated that all alcohol was reduced by 50% of its current alcohol content?
Would people drink more or less? Would bootleggers set up shop with restricted quality alcohol? How would society deal with a lighter drink?
Would people drink more or less? Would bootleggers set up shop with restricted quality alcohol? How would society deal with a lighter drink?
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Originally Posted by Jtf7 
Not sure if this is a way of reintroducing prohibition, but what would happen if the government mandated that all alcohol was reduced by 50% of its current alcohol content?
Would people drink more or less? Would bootleggers set up shop with restricted quality alcohol? How would society deal with a lighter drink?
Would people drink more or less? Would bootleggers set up shop with restricted quality alcohol? How would society deal with a lighter drink?
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i would be the same as any other alcoholic i would need twice as much booze to get smashed out of my brains, i would have to drink even faster than i did
i remember once trying to control my drinking by making my first pint last over an hour it made no differnce by the time last orders came around i would be doubling up on everything : )
i remember once trying to control my drinking by making my first pint last over an hour it made no differnce by the time last orders came around i would be doubling up on everything : )
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Yep, I would just drink twice as much. Prohibition back in the 20's only spawned more bootlegging and moonshine making and I suspect that would be the case this time. People would be making it in their basements strong enough to take varnish off the table.
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If is is okay as part of an If/Then loop (sorry for the old programmer joke). Other than that my grandmother use to say "if a frog had a glass ass he wouldn't jump on rocks". I'm an alcoholic. I stopped when the booze ran out or I passed out.
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People are already yelling about the "nanny state". I doubt such a thing would ever get off the ground. The liquor industry is too powerful and has bought stock in some members of congress...
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Alcoholics are a cash cow for UK government i know that
Think off all that money the government make off our illness all they have is that drink aware logo in tiny font with that frephone number its pathetic
Even one of macklemore songs (alcoholic) are in a Budweiser advert ! Its beyond a joke
We need to educate what alcohol can do forget all this wine with your dinner enhances the meal bs seriously alcohol is a poison and we buy it for consumption there is no normal. people don't even realise it that's why they say rock bottom there needs to be a nip in the bud invented to help stem the flow
Adverts should be banned point blank and better new revised information should be avalible mainstream
No one should suffer yet we all do
Think off all that money the government make off our illness all they have is that drink aware logo in tiny font with that frephone number its pathetic
Even one of macklemore songs (alcoholic) are in a Budweiser advert ! Its beyond a joke
We need to educate what alcohol can do forget all this wine with your dinner enhances the meal bs seriously alcohol is a poison and we buy it for consumption there is no normal. people don't even realise it that's why they say rock bottom there needs to be a nip in the bud invented to help stem the flow
Adverts should be banned point blank and better new revised information should be avalible mainstream
No one should suffer yet we all do
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Near the end of my drinking, I mostly drank vodka & tonic.
I could have gotten the same effect from 50% less alcohol in the vodka and 50% less water in the tonic. The point is, alcoholics won't let laws or quality control stand in their way to get a certain effect. They will go to any lengths to get their buzz. Prohibition already proved that.
I could have gotten the same effect from 50% less alcohol in the vodka and 50% less water in the tonic. The point is, alcoholics won't let laws or quality control stand in their way to get a certain effect. They will go to any lengths to get their buzz. Prohibition already proved that.
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I think high ABV's aggravate alcohol related problems, such as drunken behaviour in the streets, violence, people passing out, etc... I dont think its a stretch too far to say high alcohol drinks may even accelerate the process of becoming an alcoholic or increase physical health problems.
Of course I have no evidence to back that up, but its my own personal assessment from witnessing the change in the UK over the years from pints of lager that had an ABV of around 3% to a now norm of 5% or 5.5% ABV.
When beer was 3% it was quite possible to sit and drink all night without getting "hammered", if you do the same with 5.5% beer your going to be pretty wasted.
Actually it used to be the case that only "alkies" drank the "strong lagers" like Special Brew which were over 5%.
Of course I have no evidence to back that up, but its my own personal assessment from witnessing the change in the UK over the years from pints of lager that had an ABV of around 3% to a now norm of 5% or 5.5% ABV.
When beer was 3% it was quite possible to sit and drink all night without getting "hammered", if you do the same with 5.5% beer your going to be pretty wasted.
Actually it used to be the case that only "alkies" drank the "strong lagers" like Special Brew which were over 5%.
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