Cristian Rodriguez March 14, 2013 Period 3 Earl Rochester stated, Two-thirds of adolescent and adult American drink

alcohol, and of those, 8 to 12 percent will become alcoholics or problem drinkers. To combat this huge public health crisis, we should begin a national system of licensing with appropriate penalties. Mr. Rochester believes that drinking should be regulated in order to combat the rate of drinking among adolescents and adults. Regulating drinking among teens and adults would malfunction because of violence and a cycle of confusion. A sudden increase of violence will occur if the government decides to regulate drinking. Tension between the U.S armed forces such as the police and the drug dealers would increase as one side tries to stop the other side from smuggling the illegal. A similar case happened at Los Angeles when the consumption of alcohol was illegal. Many civilians were wounded and killed as a result. It is therefore that regulating the consumption of alcohol would never satisfy everyone as a whole. Throughout history an apparent cycle of confusion has made itself present as the government tries to combat the rate of drinking. During the late 1850s, a group of women known as the Womens Christian Temperance Union gathered and lead what was the known the Temperance Movement. Basically, women wanted to stop, illegalize alcohol in the U.S. At first it seemed as if they had won as the 18 amendment was passed in response. However, it was refuted as the U.S government passed another amendment that legalized alcohol but with conditions. Halting the consumption of alcohol in order to fight the rate of it among teens and adults would only make the situation worse.

A common phrase used in my family states the following; Appearance can fool at first sight. Take as an example communism, a system of government that promises equality in all the aspects of their lives. Equal amounts of food, territory etc. but in reality that is not true. The system tends to become a dictatorship in where that executive has more power than anyone else and can decide to make it equal or not like in Cuba. At first, when the government presents an apparent/predicted result of the experiment, it seems satisfying, as rates go down and so on. However, in reality, there it doesnt happen, another result appears and many times they fool people. Regulating the consumption of alcohol is an apparent solution to combat the rate among teens. In conclusion, regulating the consumption of alcohol would not work because it can increase violence, become a cycle of confusion, and it an apparent solution. Either way, us humans have an natural instinct that makes us search for the prohibited like Adam and eve. Overall, Mr. Rochester statement is roughly wrong and should not be implemented in our society.