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[-] Sprawlie@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

You kind of countered your own comment at the end

One of the leading causes of alcoholism is cheap access to alcohol

[-] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

I've done some toggling and found this article abstract.

and what I have to say is this:

Touche.

Key sentence:

The results also suggested that compared with general price increases, minimum- pricing policies might affect harmful drinkers proportionally more...

I guess I'd be pleased to see the provincial Alberta government embrace epidemiologically based policy making. Especially if they do it consistently and not just when it aligns with their ideology.

[-] Sprawlie@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

For alcohol, because of it's prevalence in society, yet known destructiveness, it is a very prickly topic. Historically we already know that prohibition is the worst solution to the problem and has far worse outcomes.

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