A recent report claims that the costs of alcohol use to the government in England – including the NHS, police, criminal justice and welfare costs – amount to just under £4 billion a year, while tax revenue from alcohol comes to over £10 billion.
So for all the deaths, misery and ruined lives they still manage to make a 6 billion pound profit on this drug, no wonder its legal, now if the country wants to get back up on its feet here is an idea.
Legalise a far safer and less anti social drug namely cannabis.
Allow people to grow cannabis in their own homes so that can they sell any excess to the pharmaceutical industry, this will spawn a whole new cottage industry in itself which this country desperately needs.
It will have multiple benefits, huge savings on the police bill, it will create thousands of jobs and generate a huge amount of money through taxation, it will also deal a massive blow to the criminal gangs who take advantage of the situation.