ALCOHOLISM

ALCOHOLISM

Alcoholism is one of the reasons for continued poverty despite decades of development efforts. The burden of this menace is borne by women belonging to the poor sections. They are forced to render hard labour to compensate for the non-availability of men's income. Most often their hard-earned money too is snatched away by their for liquor. Another matter of concern is the impact of increasing alcoholism on the health of the younger generation. The quality of population is important in human resource development.
The Alcoholism is an unmitigated evil and the root cause of many other social evils. Government should ban the production and sale of alcohol if it considers the elimination of poverty and bankruptcy an act of patriotism. The long queues in front of liquor outlets in kerala are indeed a matter of serious concern. The state is responsible for the welfare of society,and no welfare measure can be complete with out addressing the problem of alcoholism.
We need visionary leaders who can enforce a total ban on alcohol. The evil of alcoholism affects not only the families of those who consume alcohol but the entire society.
Governments cite revenue loss as a major impediment to total prohibition. And they argue that they run the business to generate revenue for welfare measures. The government really has the political will, prohibition can be implemented and alternative sources of revenue worked out. Government must realize that they are abdicating their moral responsibility for filling their coffers.
The government systematically destroys families for monetary gains. Liquor brings om corores of rupees to the treasury. Excise on retail liquor adds to the states coffers. Issuing of licenses for bars fills up the personal coffers of local administrators . It is the time the government realized that alcohol is spoiling society. Drinking changes the behavioral pattern of the working classes and brings down the quality of production. It also ruins their families and comes in the way of educating their children.

Prof. John Kurakar