Liquor ban cedes control of the alcohol market to the criminal underworld
Claims that it reduces deaths and hospital emergencies are flawed
17 May 2020 - 00:00
Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase "nothing is certain in life except death and taxes". There is another certainty: the legal prohibition of alcohol is not sustainable and does not work...
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