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    • Tags : Ahmedabad, Gujarat, distilled alcohol Posted: Saturday , Jul 11, 2009 at 0303 hrs

    The case against prohibition has more dimensions than the ineffectiveness of the ban and the illegitimate arrangements that have sprung up. The moral case for prohibition just does not hold in a modern democracy. And Gujarat’s efforts to nibble away at prohibition show that. A visitor to Gujarat can easily obtain a liquor licence, and recently the state government considered allowing its consumption by state residents in SEZs. However, the fact of a paternalistic ban impedes the authorities from gaining revenue from its sale and from regulating the alcohol on sale and the circumstances in which it is consumed. By driving the activity underground, Gujarat fails its people.

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    Legalize alcohol, prostitution and drugsBy: Suvi Nadakuzhackal | 12-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward There is no point in trying to ban or making these illegal. People are going to involve in alcohol, prostitution and drugs. No laws are going to stop them. Only people who are benefiting from these bans are the police who can get bribe or under world people who make their profit through such activities.
    Closed eyes, and open hands?By: Bakul Bhatt | 11-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward About the widespread use of drugs in the USA, a comedian had remarked that if a ten year old child can find a drug pusher, how come, authorities cannot find him/them? Family members of this kind of booze undergo unbearable troubles day in and day out. Education and awareness of the ladies and children of such families will go a long way towards reducing such tragedies.
    GUJARAT HOOCH TRAGEDYBy: Rajesh Vyas | 11-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward It is time for Gujarat to legalise Alcohol so that the killers of poor Gujaratis are put out of Business. It is also necessary to determine the involvement of Police and politicians who are possibly encouraging bootlegging for their personal gains. Will Narendra Modi's Government put an end to prohibition that is perpetrated in the name of Mahatma Gandhi? As such Gandhi is only given lip service by the politicians. Is Gandhi relevant in today's world except for the tamasha opportunity on October 2 and January 30 every year. Let there be a public debate on this issue of Gandhi's relevance and on the issue of prohibition. It is public knowledge that ALCOHOL is available freely in Gujarat, then why this fuss and deaths?
    Where do we go from here...??By: Yameer | 11-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward I am an Idian citizen and so is a person in Mumbai / Delhi / Jaipur etc...When the other person drinks its LEGAL !!! When i drink its ILLEGAL !!!... Democracy / Republic / Secularism.. gone for a toss !!!GAY IS LEGAL BUT LIQUOR IS NOT LEGAL IN GUJARAT.... Is that what Gandhiji ever mentioned ?? Crime ? ... sorry guys Police and Gandhinians are busy with Liquor !!!
    GujaratBy: Rohit | 11-Jul-2009 Reply | Forward Sorry to say I am from Gujarat and we have such a attraction for Liquor from our childhood, you may call us crazy, we pay such a amount you can only imagine and ask ARMY people how much they make to sell us their Monthly Quota, we can only blame the BAN, I do not know whether lifting of BAN will harm social safety even in late nights at any corner of cities and villages...(the problem witnessed in neighbouring equal safe state of Rajasthan).
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