USA: Lowers a Cannabis-legalization of the consumption of alcohol?

In Parts of the United States is allowed the use of Cannabis already. Legalization, which Prohibition 100 years ago is not reached: to reduce The alcohol consumption of Americans?

Thomas Spinnler, boerse.ARD.de

Welcome to the "Land of Opportunities": "Our American System, we call it Americanism or capitalism, or whatever, this System gives each of us a great opportunity if we grasp it with both hands and make the Best of it." This quote is not from the US President, Donald Trump or Jeff Bezos, Al Capone is attributed.

You have to recognize the opportunities: Today, 100 years ago, the Prohibition of 18, was in the United States. An amendment to the Constitution ratified. A year later, the ban on the production, transportation and consumption of alcohol came into force. Capone grabbed the opportunity presented to him with the Prohibition on preparing, and made with unprecedented brutality a fortune by smuggling alcohol and the unbroken demand for the forbidden damp noise-operated: He only sell beer and Whiskey to a number of respectable citizens, gave Capone the Best.

Al Capone: "drinks supplier for a number of respectable citizens"

It's a fight for morality and health, the supporters of the Prohibition, especially religiously motivated puritans, led. They wanted to place the United States dry, because they had alcohol identified as a major reason for the moral decay of the Nation. The destructive effect on the society should be stopped. However, the success was modest. Used it very little, because was drunk before, during and of course after.

In December 1933, it repealed Prohibition in the United States. The politicians had noticed that you should skim off the profits from the sale of alcohol to achieve better self-by means of taxes, instead of leaving it to the Mafia. Who drinks, has been contributing to the renovation of the state budget.

Wide in California

The "war on Drugs" is today a hot topic in the Nation, but in the past few months, America is in distress in the North. In October of last year, Canada was the use of Cannabis completely. In the USA, you can stock up already in California, with fabric, also in a number of U.S. States, the consumption is completely legal. Probably more to follow, experts estimate that, by 2020, a total of 18 States will enter the leisure time consumption.

market researchers see considerable potential: Until 2022, the global spending on legal marijuana is expected to rise to the evaluation of BDS Analytics and Arcview to 32 billion dollars. In 2017, there were still 9.5 billion. For the companies that frolic in this area, are the good news.

Cannabis-Smoker: those Who smoke, drink less

should be for the relevant consumers, the legalization of a source of unalloyed joy. Finally, you are not forced now, on dark street corners at clandestine Design with a certain degree of proximity to organised crime, to stock – to be always in danger, even arrested.

Who smokes, drinks less

For the alcohol companies, the "Cannabis Prohibition" had advantages, because a competitive product in terms of noise and was hard to available and especially socially ostracized. Therefore, the legalisation of Cannabis the alcohol industry 100 years after the Prohibition, in front of new challenges.

Because of a recent study have found out that it could come in the Wake of the Cannabis-legalization of alcohol consumers to a shift away from alcohol to Cannabis products. The analysis-business New Frontier Data has specialized in the subject. Legalization creates what could not afford the alcohol Prohibition? It reduces the alcohol consumption of the population?

beer drinkers: the typical wheat drinker fly on cannabis flavors?

analysts surveyed 3,000 of Cannabis users. Two-thirds would have replied, if you had the choice, would you prefer Cannabis to alcohol. 45 percent said they would in the future replace probably more likely to use alcohol by Cannabis. The study's authors read from their data, that there could be a lasting Trend. Whether this is so remains to be seen. But even if massive Smoking Weed is certainly not recommended that would be in view of the repeatedly documented health dangers and social costs of alcohol consumption is no more unpleasant side effect.

What to take honest citizens to fly?

Currently, many alcohol manufacturers seek cooperation with the Cannabis industry. If the opponent is not possibly defeat, a hug, the reasonable Alternative. Of course, Breweries and spirits manufacturers want to let a new and possibly attractive business field also are simply not to be missed.

about Constellation Brands, the maker of Corona beer plant, the introduction of Cannabis as a new flavour with its alcoholic beverages. And the Cannabis producer Tilray from Canada to operate in accordance with the 100-million-Dollar entry of the Budweiser manufacturer Anheuser-Busch Inbev at the end of December, in the future, research on the drinks with the intoxicating hemp substances. Soon, the selection of lawful pleasure is, and intoxicants for respectable citizens will increase significantly.

source: boerse.ard.de

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