It is hard to see the other 90% if you are enmeshed in an alcoholic environment. Just noticed the google spell checker isn't working so forgive the errors. What brought us to the point of prohibition is that the 10% addicted to alcohol and drugs create 90% of the court cases. In the US that is an incredible amount and the fact was true then and is true now. That is to say, 90% of all court cases can be directly related to substance abuse. But I am not advocating the legislation of morality by any means. I think it is like legislating common sense. Can't be done. The addiction is a problem but also a symptom. We all wrestle our demons and daemons in our own way.
On Oct 12, 9:52 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Or pain- actual- plus the control of drugs. > > Alcohol has caused so many problems, looking backwards, and still does > for some. And parents in my generation sought to over-socialize us > with liquor- our parties were mini-versions of theirs- even the nuns > provided our tea dances and balls with a wet bar- so many married the > wrong person! But this program-PBS-stated that alcoholism only > affected 10% of the population. Guess I didn't get "around" to the > other 90%. > > On Oct 11, 5:35 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'd like to see decriminalisation and public availability of most of > > the weaker drugs. I suspect the moral is channeled into looking down > > on vice instead of the actually more obvious evils like poverty. > > > On Oct 10, 7:16 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I learned some more about my parent's generation while watching > > > "Prohibition"- a film by Ken Burns on PBS. A few more pieces to add to > > > the jigsaw. I can see why they tightened the reins, so to speak. Maybe > > > this is a factor between generations- sort of a see-saw- regarding > > > behavior, expectations, mores- but I think it also exisits between > > > classes and other distinctions within society. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Also- what about legalizing marijuana and other soft recreational > > > drugs and taxing them? Might be at least one boost to the ecomony/ > > > revenue. If someone wants to over-do anything, they will, so are we > > > repeating the mistakes of Prohibition? > > > > Why do you think people have emotional "blind spots"? Trauma or > > > ignorance...or both?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -
