Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd

Your 'perspective' is odd given you are Dutch, correct? This argument that it "costs society" is quite ridiculous. How much does alcohol addiction "cost society"? Are you advocating we abolish drinking? Bet that would go over well in Europe where you all drink like fishes. Drunkenness, sexual and physical abuse, kidney and liver disease, less productivity - all because of (legal) alcohol.

How about the cost to society for smoking? Want to ban cigarettes? Again, since most Europeans smoke like chimneys I doubt this policy would go over very well in Europe.