Vikram Patel - Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typicall...

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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.

Vikram Patel

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Das Verbot, wie so viele andere Politiker, die aus moralischen Überlegungen, typischerweise von denen, die nicht trinken, aufgezwungen wird, wirkt sich unverhältnismäßig stark auf die Armen aus, die illegal getrunkenem Alkohol greifen, wenn sie etwas trinken wollen, was nicht selten zu ihrem Tod führt und eher dazu neigt von der Polizei belästigt werden.

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