Some numpty reckons that banning cheap booze in supermarketswill stop under-age binge drinking. Probably the same guy that reckons banning condoms will stop teenage pregnancy, or that because drugs are illegal, no-one takes them.
If you ban alcohol, one a several things will happen.
- Kids will go “Oh well, that’s that gig over, better get on with the homework”
- Kids will grow up faster and learn to abuse the system quicker and easier
- Kids will get more adults to buy stuff for them in ‘proper’ shops
- Kids will take to crime to pay for the increased prices
- Underage prostitution will increase to pay for the binging
This last point raises an interesting point. Technically prostitution is selling services for cash. Giving alcohol could be construed in this fashion, but there is a clinical need to remove the taste after a blow-job, so you could legalise prostitution on medical grounds…
Happy days.