A researcher examines the bad press surrounding absinthe which led to its ban in France in 1915, while drawing parallels with more recent, ‘scathing’ examples of scapegoating and social control.
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South Australia’s Riverland adopted a Swedish system to control the dissemination of alcohol, even as it began the journey to becoming Australia’s biggest wine producer.
Consuming alcohol makes accidents more likely and it can harm your heart, your liver and even change your brain. But making the sale of beer, wine and hard liquor illegal flopped.
The story of the alleged Atlanta shooter highlights the two most common ways Americans think about compulsive behaviors – considering them the results of temptation and treating them as diseases.
If the Bill is passed without medical and psychological help and strategy, the Indonesia government might put those with alcohol dependency at a serious risk of harm from alcohol withdrawal symptoms.
Considering the limitations of Indonesian law enforcement agencies and prison capacity, the implementation of the bill is not realistic.
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Doctoral Researcher in Public Health Law, University of Birmingham
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Assistant professor, Universitas Indonesia
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Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine; Weiner Hailey Family Professor, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Florida
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Professor of Strategy, EM Lyon Business School