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

By DAN J NCAYIYANA and JP VAN NIEKERK

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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