Alcohol and women

Most countries in the west have bars almost everywhere and they don't seem to have problems.  Alcoholism is there to an extent but they have strict laws to control it's sale.  Control is exercised through their prices which are high but they do not deny anybody the use of it. I believe prohibition will only make it more and more lucrative for criminals and end up further impoverishing  families. It is better to provide safe alcohol to the poor than ban it entirely. In Western countries too it is a huge source of revenue.  Through clever marketing they export it to all parts of the world. The problem is that in our country we do not have a history of dealing with alcohol and therefore we do not know how to teach our children to handle a drink safely. Women are generally against alcohol but these days there is an alarming increase in the number of young women taking to drink too.

Preethi Nadkarni, Mumbai

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