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[A Black Falcon]

But as we saw in the 20's, banning it only helps so much... (yes, drinking DID go down in the 20's, despite all the images of barnyard stills and illegal bars and stuff, but not by as much as they may have hoped...) it'd help, of course, though. But really, I think it's pretty unlikely that alchohol would manage to get banned again... cigarettes are more likely, eventually. We're moving towards that with things like the steady restrictions where you can smoke (such as how a few years ago Maine banned smoking in all bars and restaurants statewide)...

I heard that the human liver is the only organ that, if cut in half, can actually regenerate itself... it this is true, then why can't it repair damage from alcohol?

Built-up damage and continuing breakdown if you continue to drink, I imagine... even if the liver can regenerate some it's surely nowhere near enough to make up for a heavy drinker.

As for banning alcohol, the reason it won't happen has nothing to do with its effects. Look at prohibition. Banning alcohol failed because it was legal forever. It was widespread, common, and more or less a part of life for many people. You can't hope to ban it after it's that deeply ingrained. On the other hand, drugs like marijuana, cocaine, etc. never got that sort of chance. The law of the land stamped them down before they ever got the chance to become widespread the way alcohol is.

I don't drink, and never have... same with drugs, cigarettes, etc. Of course it helps to not be very social so I was virtually never in situations where it'd be around, but I'm more than smart enough to know that doing such things are stupid... so I never did.