Science Group Calls for a National Crackdown on Booze to Achieve 'Zero' DUI Deaths

Reason Magazine ^

[cherry]

and yet, they push marijuana...

I suspect most people accredited with causing accidents because of alcohol use also have ingested/smoked weed.....

[The Great RJ]

At best things can only be be idiot resistant, as total idiots are very resourceful

[Verginius Rufus]

There was no internet in the 1920s, but people could go to the public library and find books which explained how to make alcohol.

My grandfather made wine in his basement during Prohibition. He didn't learn how from the internet.

[octex]

Now you’ve done it!

I find myself sitting here at the PC singing that song and the tune is locked in and wont go away.

[octex]

The one with the stupid hat, just below the center of the sign, looks like Pelosi; and the one just to her left looks like Baraq Obama.

[zeugma]

"If our ultimate goals are to reduce driver impairment and maximize highway safety, we should be punishing reckless driving more consistently," wrote former Reason editor Radley Balko in an excellent 2011 article. "It shouldn't matter if it's caused by alcohol, sleep deprivation, prescription medication, text messaging, or road rage."

Exactly. Punish actual dangerous conduct, as opposed to just going to a neo-prohibitionist nanny state.

You'll find lots of supporters for the neo-prohibitionists here.

[zeugma]

Given what happened during Prohibition, that will NEVER happen. For one thing, it would require another Constituional amendment, and we know how hard it is to get another Amendment on the books....

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What makes you think they'll need another Constitutional amendment? They haven't needed one for the war on drugs. In what way is alcohol any less dangerous a drug than marijuana?

The only reason we had a Constitutional amendment back in the day is because people of the time were capable of actually reading and understanding the Constitution. After a hundred more years of public education, that particular problem has been eliminated.

[Irish Eyes]

How many drinks to get to 0.O8% or 0.05%. I do know it usually is correlated to body weight.

[NobleFree]

The only reason we had a Constitutional amendment back in the day is because people of the time were capable of actually reading and understanding the Constitution. After a hundred more years of public education, that particular problem has been eliminated.

And greatly reduced even among FReepers, as witness the loud approval for the War on Non-alcoholic Drugs.