• Gaslov@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    It does work. It objectively reduces whatever is banned. Just because enforcement cannot be 100%, that does not mean outlawing certain activities is a failure. Prohibition, for example, reduced alcohol consumption by 70%.

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      15 hours ago

      No it didn’t. Alcohol sales increased during prohibition. A lot of people got rich through the sale of alcohol flooding through from Canada.

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        5 hours ago

        Alcohol sales did not increase, though it did make a small number of people rich, that is true. That doesn’t change the fact prohibition was successful in greatly reducing alcohol consumption.