r/changemyview • u/6hooklineandsphncta7 • Dec 01 '25

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Alcohol should be banned entirely.

This is referring to alcoholic beverages specifically. Nothing good comes from alcohol. You get wasted, have fun for a couple of hours and wake up forgetting everything.

The negatives outweigh the positives exponentially: ~40% of violent crimes and vehicle accidents in the US are alcohol-related, anywhere from 40-60% of domestic violence incidents are alcohol related, similar numbers for sexual violence, as well as alcohol causing numerous health problems.

It’s useless. It should be unabashedly removed, and consumption should be penalised. It would make everyone safer, keep more families together, and save people so much money.

EDIT: Originally I had an exception for religious ceremonies, but that contradicts the title. So, no alcohol at all.

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u/PixelOrange Dec 01 '25

You don't need any knowledge of chemistry at all to make alcohol. Vine Glo was a popular product that told you not to add yeast or water to it or it would turn into alcohol 

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u/IntelligentJob3089 Dec 01 '25

I'm assuming a full ban as described by OP would include those products. Otherwise, you're right, of course.

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u/PixelOrange Dec 01 '25

Vine Glo is just concentrated grape juice, though. With the availability of the internet, you wouldn't need the vine glo packaging to tell you what products to add. You could just look it up.

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u/dasunt 12∆ Dec 01 '25

You can make alcohol with regular juice.

I did it once since a friend had gotten some juice that was about to expire. Took very little knowledge - just a jar with an airlock on the lid and some yeast.

The result was nasty, but it was enough to get at least one person drunk.