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Many people believe that alcohol causes many problems and there have been frequent calls for the government to ban it. To what extent do you agree?

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Many problems have been associated with the consumption of
alcohol
 and so many citizens are demanding that the authorities do something to make it illegal. I totally agree that action is necessary to prevent the sale of alcoholic beverages because they are having a serious effect on
people
’s
health
, relationships with others, and the harmony of
society
 in general. To commence with, the main reason why I think
alcohol
 should be forbidden is that when
people
drink
 it has a grave effect on their
health
.
In addition
, excessive levels of
alcohol
 consumption have been linked to liver disease, heart disease, and neurosis.
Also
,
people
 who
drink
 more are more likely to suffer from a heart attack.
In addition
, young
people
 that
drink
 are more likely to suffer from depression.
Therefore
alcohol
 should be banned to enable
people
 to have a long and happy life. Another problem that drinkers face is a worsening of their relationships with others.
People
 who get drunk will easily lose their friends if they behave badly and don’t treat their friends with respect. Even family members will not tolerate violent or offensive use of emotive language technical language nominalisation sub-argument 3 support summary of main points opinion behaviour. I think that many family disputes involve the consumption of excessive levels of
alcohol
 by one or more of the participants. So,
people
 that binge
drink
 may end up lonely, and they may cause harm to their family.
Finally
, the effects of drinking are taking a huge toll on
society
 in general. Drinking causes a great deal of vandalism and crime on the streets.
In addition
, the cost to the
health
 system is enormous. Drinking
also
 results in many road fatalities,
for instance
, I had a classmate that died when drinking and driving.
Therefore
,
alcohol
 should be prohibited in order to protect our
society
 in general. In summary, I reaffirm my position that
alcohol
 should be forbidden because it has a serious effect on
people
’s
health
 and their relationships with others. It is
also
 causing many problems in
society
.
Therefore
 we must do something to solve
this
 problem or we will be living terrible lives in an unhealthy
society
.
Submitted by Chandan Kumar Singh on

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