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As laws around drinking in parks relax in cities across Canada, public health concerns are still being raised (Natalie Stechyson / CBC News)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I get the public health angle, but we're stuck on this conservative prohibitionism stupidity. Just keep raising taxes on alcohol until it's ridiculously expensive like tobacco. It's wild to me that we figured that out for weed but not for alcohol.