[bigdang]

So what? We’ve been here before. We already know the effects alcohol has. But we also know the effects alcohol bans have.

[wlesieutre]

Great way to give a lot of money to organized crime

[chris_wot]

That isn’t happening in Alice Springs.

[toomuchtodo]

Organized crime will always exist as long as there is human demand for something illegal, it's how aggressively you manage it (investigate, jail, or in some countries, execute, depending on the crime, measured harm, etc).

[lern_too_spel]

Indeed, they were there before. Until 1 year ago, they had alcohol bans in place. They brought those back.

[willsmith72]

To be clear, the bans began in 07/08, and expired at the start of this year. After a short time without the ban, it was reinstated in February