ExpressPacer
ODI Debutant
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Pakistan needs to legalise alcohol for the same reason the West has slowly started to legalise recreational marijuana – there is no point in brushing the matter under the carpet.
Anyone who lives in Pakistan (and don't live under a rock) would know that alcohol has become increasingly become prevalent in Pakistan. Contrary to what some would like to believe, this practice is not limited to the elite or the upper middle-class. In fact, even people from the middle class and lower-working class have started to drink routinely.
I'm not going to comment on whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. However, we need to accept that it is a 'thing' because only then can we make laws around it to ensure that people indulge in the use of alcohol in a more safe manner. At the moment, we have no legislation that regulates the production of alcohol - this only leads to people producing and drinking dangerous moonshine. I don't know if these stories make the news but I have personally heard of scores of people dying in weddings because they had a dangerous composition of alcohol.
Anyone who lives in Pakistan (and don't live under a rock) would know that alcohol has become increasingly become prevalent in Pakistan. Contrary to what some would like to believe, this practice is not limited to the elite or the upper middle-class. In fact, even people from the middle class and lower-working class have started to drink routinely.
I'm not going to comment on whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. However, we need to accept that it is a 'thing' because only then can we make laws around it to ensure that people indulge in the use of alcohol in a more safe manner. At the moment, we have no legislation that regulates the production of alcohol - this only leads to people producing and drinking dangerous moonshine. I don't know if these stories make the news but I have personally heard of scores of people dying in weddings because they had a dangerous composition of alcohol.