Drinking must be banned

Alcohol has destroyed many a family so it is not a good thing to allow youngsters below the age of 18 to even take a single sip. I believe that it could lead to alcoholism. I was allowed to have an occasional drink when I was young but maybe I was fortunate that I did not become an addict. Detoxification centres are both rare and  expensive. Poor people are unable to treat members of their family at such centres. The government does run a few Detox centres but most of them are  like lunatic asylums.  When the patient comes out he becomes more a criminal than a  drinker. Social drinking is something that has been accepted but I think the time has come when we must introduce total prohibition in the country. By raising the cost you will not stop the desperate drinker because they will become thieves and steal it from their friends and family. The wife would not know how to deal with a violent man. Its a curse on our country and we need to prohibit it.

Alexander, New Delhi

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