Should the Federal Government put a Ban on Alcohol?

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Alcohol has been a huge problem ever since it was created. Granted it makes a lot of money in our country. However, the only reason it does is because people like to lose themselves and not be able to think clearly. This leads to disastrous results. Alcohol causes more harm than good and sometimes ruins people. The federal government should ban alcohol because of the harm it causes and the relationships it ruins.
Relationships are very fragile, especially when one person is not in their right mind. Things can drastically change within a minute with a few mindless words. Romantic relationships aren’t the only ones in danger. Platonic relationships are also in danger of a falling out. For example, the National Center for Biotechnology Information says, in a survey taken back in 2005, some social disadvantages of drinking alcohol are frequent unfair treatment, high racial stigma (among minorities), and multiple sources of extreme disadvantage (Mulia, Ye and Zemore). A little alcohol can spark the tiniest piece of anger into a raging inferno. So many fist fights are started in bars because of alcohol’s grasp. A Penn State sociologist observed fights in bars because of alcohol and collected the data. In 2012-2013 over a period of 503 nights a total of 860 aggressive incidents occurred. Aggression was defined as anything from a verbal insult or unwanted physical contact to a punch or kick
(Freakonomics). Ties between people can be strained very violently when alcohol is used by at least one person in a relationship.
I conducted a survey with my peers and asked them what they thought about alcohol. Most said they had never been under the influence of alcohol. The ones who had been drunk before said that the next day, the...

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...quence. Just because “a couple beers” doesn't sound like a lot at first, it turns into more and more until someone is intoxicated.

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Freakonomics. The Data on Bar Fights. 19 July 2013. 29 April 2014. .
Mulia, Nina, et al. Social Disadvantage, Stress, and Alcohol Use Among Black, Hispanic, and White Americans: Findings From the 2005 U.S. National Alcohol Survey*. 2008. 29 April 2014. .
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