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OT- Is prohibition coming back?

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I'm glad that Trump has withheld funding for WHO. It long ago ceased being a public health organization and morphed into a political public policy advocate. Countries were too reliant on WHO and this has shown how weak it is.

WHO can be replaced by a governance committee and a data server. Just coordinate directly with countries' top public health organization.
 
The page you linked isn’t dated and doesn’t reference COVID at all.

I think this is just a general recommendation made awhile ago, not something relevant to the current moment.

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, we should really ask ourselves what risks we are taking in leaving people under lockdown in their homes with a substance that is harmful both in terms of their health and the effects of their behavior on others, including violence.”


https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/15/coronavirus-live-updates.html
 
Yup. Our federal government is probably gonna abide by this.
 
World Health Organization is recommending for governments to slow down alcohol consumption during this time.

Freedom is overrated when it’s a crisis lol.

https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/safer/s/en/

@Casa_del_Tigre we already do all of this. What about this concerns you? Additionally, the South and South Carolina specifically have some of the most severe alcohol restrictions in the country.

No one is coming to take your alcohol.

Policy options and interventions include:
  • establishing, operating and enforcing an appropriate system to regulate production, wholesaling and serving of alcoholic beverages that places reasonable limitations on the distribution of alcohol and the operation of alcohol outlets in accordance with cultural norms, by the following possible measures:
    • regulating the number and location of on-premise and off-premise alcohol outlets;
    • introducing, where appropriate, a licensing system on retail sales, or public health oriented government monopolies;
    • regulating days and hours of retail sales;
    • regulating modes of retail sales of alcohol;
    • regulating retail sales in certain places or during special events;
  • establishing an appropriate minimum age for purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages and other policies in order to raise barriers against sales to, and consumption of alcoholic beverages by, adolescents;
  • adopting policies to prevent sales to intoxicated persons and those below the legal age and considering the introduction of mechanisms for placing liability on sellers and servers in accordance with national legislations;
  • setting policies regarding drinking in public places or at official public agencies’ activities and functions; 
  • adopting policies to reduce and eliminate availability of illicit production, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages as well as to regulate or control informal alcohol.
 
Just a reminder I still can’t buy liquor on Sunday in South Carolina. Way more of an egregious suppression of freedom and personal liberty than what the WHO is recommending.
Moving to Georgia you can buy liquor late and on Sunday's, but no alcohol purchases before 12:30 on Sunday’s.

Only perks of SC blue laws were the dirtiness that’s was Overtime on Saturday nights. New students will never know about that.
 
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# of people ITT who read the recommendations? looks like about 1 so far. **** me, you people are like caricatures.
 
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@Casa_del_Tigre we already do all of this. What about this concerns you? Additionally, the South and South Carolina specifically have some of the most severe alcohol restrictions in the country.

No one is coming to take your alcohol.

Policy options and interventions include:
  • establishing, operating and enforcing an appropriate system to regulate production, wholesaling and serving of alcoholic beverages that places reasonable limitations on the distribution of alcohol and the operation of alcohol outlets in accordance with cultural norms, by the following possible measures:
    • regulating the number and location of on-premise and off-premise alcohol outlets;
    • introducing, where appropriate, a licensing system on retail sales, or public health oriented government monopolies;
    • regulating days and hours of retail sales;
    • regulating modes of retail sales of alcohol;
    • regulating retail sales in certain places or during special events;
  • establishing an appropriate minimum age for purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages and other policies in order to raise barriers against sales to, and consumption of alcoholic beverages by, adolescents;
  • adopting policies to prevent sales to intoxicated persons and those below the legal age and considering the introduction of mechanisms for placing liability on sellers and servers in accordance with national legislations;
  • setting policies regarding drinking in public places or at official public agencies’ activities and functions; 
  • adopting policies to reduce and eliminate availability of illicit production, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages as well as to regulate or control informal alcohol.


Exactly

Alcohol sales in NC were up 20% in March. Was on the news this morning that the state of North Carolina is hoping this is a trend and not just people stocking up because they though liquor stores would close. They are hoping for the extra revenue to offset the other revenue losses.
 
WHO is horrid, and no one needs to deny us our choice.

TBS, likely gonna be a bunch of newcomers at upcoming AA meetings. Day-drinking is becoming the norm and the media et al are making light of it daily.

Hope this all wraps up sooner than later.

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Yeah, the government created a higher demand for alcohol by forcing people to
@Casa_del_Tigre we already do all of this. What about this concerns you? Additionally, the South and South Carolina specifically have some of the most severe alcohol restrictions in the country.

No one is coming to take your alcohol.

Policy options and interventions include:
  • establishing, operating and enforcing an appropriate system to regulate production, wholesaling and serving of alcoholic beverages that places reasonable limitations on the distribution of alcohol and the operation of alcohol outlets in accordance with cultural norms, by the following possible measures:
    • regulating the number and location of on-premise and off-premise alcohol outlets;
    • introducing, where appropriate, a licensing system on retail sales, or public health oriented government monopolies;
    • regulating days and hours of retail sales;
    • regulating modes of retail sales of alcohol;
    • regulating retail sales in certain places or during special events;
  • establishing an appropriate minimum age for purchase or consumption of alcoholic beverages and other policies in order to raise barriers against sales to, and consumption of alcoholic beverages by, adolescents;
  • adopting policies to prevent sales to intoxicated persons and those below the legal age and considering the introduction of mechanisms for placing liability on sellers and servers in accordance with national legislations;
  • setting policies regarding drinking in public places or at official public agencies’ activities and functions; 
  • adopting policies to reduce and eliminate availability of illicit production, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages as well as to regulate or control informal alcohol.
I keep my liquor cabinet fully stocked. I’m sure you feel like a hero staying inside also. Rights / freedoms are only for good times. Constitution clearly states this.
 
World Health Organization is recommending for governments to slow down alcohol consumption during this time.

Freedom is overrated when it’s a crisis lol.

https://www.who.int/substance_abuse/safer/s/en/

The "Progressives" brought us prohibition in the 20's, and here we are a century later. Same old tyrants, still banging on every door with the same discredited, 100-year-old bad ideas. Worried sick that somewhere, somehow, some one is having a good time and getting along just fine without their domination. Plus ça change plus c'est la même chose...
 
Yeah, the government created a higher demand for alcohol by forcing people to

I keep my liquor cabinet fully stocked. I’m sure you feel like a hero staying inside also. Rights / freedoms are only for good times. Constitution clearly states this.

You are completely missing my point.

You titled a thread "Is prohibition coming back?" and then linked to a WHO article that made a very basic set of recommendations. All I did is point out that we have been doing the same in this state, region, country, for decades.

Your comment "Freedom is overrated when it’s a crisis lol" is such a joke I honestly thought you were trolling.
 
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You are completely missing my point.

You titled a thread "Is prohibition coming back?" and then linked to a WHO article that made a very basic set of recommendations. All I did is point out that we have been doing the same in this state, region, country, for decades.

Your comment "Freedom is overrated when it’s a crisis lol" is such a joke I honestly thought you were trolling.
Why would we ever let an outside world organization recommend policy for our citizens?

Everyone is forced to be locked inside because of WHO. Restricting alcohol is much less extreme than stripping Americans from their basic freedom to live. Don’t act like I’m being extreme.

History won’t be kind to those who blindly bent the knee.
 
Why would we ever let an outside world organization recommend policy for our citizens?

Everyone is forced to be locked inside because of WHO. Restricting alcohol is much less extreme than stripping Americans from their basic freedom to live. Don’t act like I’m being extreme.

History won’t be kind to those who blindly bent the knee.

You’re being beyond extreme. Honestly I think something might be wrong with you.
 
I agree and disagree with the WHO recommendations

some US laws around alcohol still linger from Prohibition
 
There’s no recommendation that I’m seeing that we don’t already enact. And we’ve enacted them since the end of prohibition...

This is a straw man fallacy. Nobody is coming to take our booze, good grief.

We can all still go grab our torches and pitchforks, though, if you guys would like.
 
There’s no recommendation that I’m seeing that we don’t already enact. And we’ve enacted them since the end of prohibition...

This is a straw man fallacy. Nobody is coming to take our booze, good grief.

We can all still go grab our torches and pitchforks, though, if you guys would like.


Yeah, this recommendation is pretty loose and aligns with Many of the USA’s alcohol laws. Many us alcohol laws are antiquated
 
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