How Greenland curbed alcohol abuse June 29, 2007
Allowing beer, wine sales key to moderating drinking
Alcohol abuse causes tremendous damage in Greenland, just as it does in Nunavut and Nunavik.
But the solution chosen by Greenland's government for its most remote communities is not prohibition, which it acknowledges does not work, and only encourages bootlegging and the binge drinking of hard liquor. It's to ban hard liquor, but allow the sale of beer and wine.
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Source: Daily Dose
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