JoB
datamuse…
of course they are going to pick studies that prove their point.. but that doesn’t mean that those studies are the exception to the rule.
in those hundreds of studies on alcohol use that you found .. can you point to any studies that actually refuted the basic results in the studies that site linked to?
it is easy to dismiss evidence because it comes from a “biased” site or because it is “too old” or because …
but if you are making an argument it is a lot stronger argument if you refute the evidence with other evidence.
I suspect you will find a pretty hard time finding a reliable study .. one not funded by the liquor industry.. that proves increased access to alcohol doesn’t have some pretty significant problems associated with it.
And that’s the point.
Why would we choose to increase the the costs of alcohol associated problems while decreasing the revenue for social programs including education?
DP..
sorry if i misread your point earlier…
i am not checking many alcohol labels these days…
unless you count non-alcoholic beer.. which does still have a small amount of alcohol in it :(
i don’t think the binge drinking problem is limited to college kids ..
but if if it was…
you might care a little if one of them drinks and drives and kills someone you love.
or if your child turns out to be one of those routine cases of alcohol poisoning.
Even without that.. you might balk at paying the long term health consequences of the kinds of alcoholism that could have been easily prevented.
by the time we compile the statistics from making alcohol more available it is already too late to reverse the damage.
Carson…
i don’t suppose you ever shoplifted when you were a kid? i know i did.. once. The consequences far exceeded the benefits for me:(
I know my son is a good parent and regularly speaks with his kids but that didn’t stop the 10 year old from getting caught stealing candy and gum from the local grocery:(
with any luck his consequences have convinced him that it isn’t a good risk…
but if the current shoplifting stats are any indication those consequences aren’t convincing many:(