As the world is moving towards a more liberal era, we in India seem to be taking the reverse route. Alcohol prohibition. Is there any good reason for the union health ministry to even pay any attention to alcohol prohibition. I mean, aren't there other pressing health issues ? In a country were more than 300 million people live below poverty line, thousands die of starvation and a country soon set to surpass South Africa in the number of HIV infections, ministers and officials are spending time and effort towards a seemingly trivial issue of curbing alcohol consumption. Can prohibition even work in a country like India, where there is practically no means of enforcing prohibition. Such a move just creates more room for corruption and makes alcohol a lot dearer to people. Never the less, people will still consume alcohol and they will find ways of obtaining alcohol. Lot of countries have toyed with this idea of prohibition only to give up later.
I just came across this quote from a certain union health minister.
"On weekends in cities like Bangalore and Chennai even women are going on smoking and drinking binge. It's a dangerous trend. We'll have to intervene and regulate the system"
As quoted in Times of India, a leading national Indian daily
Really now...and what about those 2 million or so patients living with HIV Mr.Ramadoss ? I guess they don't show up on your radar.
3 comments:
It must be banned all over the world.
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