• DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca
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    It’s taxed the way it is, because the only drug that kills more than booze are cigarettes.

    Those taxes also go to help innocent people who are harmed in crimes that are often related to alcohol, like domestic violence, assault, and auto-incidents, also things like uttering threats and mischief.

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      domestic violence, assault, and auto-incidents, also things like uttering threats and mischief.

      Crimes most committed by the police?

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        2 months ago

        I agree with the general vibe of police are bad, in Winnipeg they recently killed a woman because they were driving off-road in a park at night, but the idea behind “sin taxes” are generally as a deterrent, as well as a way to try to mitigate damage to others.

        I’ve been to places that are “cop bars” unknowingly, so the porcine populace may have have a DV-juice problem.