The idea behind a healthy task is actually a good one. As far as I’m concerned, anything that has the potential to turn out to be good for the people will definitely be something that I’ll take part in. Making dangerous consumables more expensive will very well redefine the market, and people will be forced to seek alternatives and even change their lifestyles.
There is actually nothing more motivating than money. Making money, or the fear of losing more money, will always be a great motivator when it comes to doing certain things. Not everyone can afford to live life as they choose, and once the little pleasures become unaffordable for the majority, it will become nothing but a luxury.
But then, you could ask, why not just ban it outright? The truth is, making such things illegal won’t work; it might only end up making things worse. There are a lot of banned commodities, but still, we find them on our streets. Weed, hard drugs, weapons, these are all banned items and commodities, yet people still find a way to get them. And because of the fact that they’re expensive and the sellers have to go through clandestine channels to get them to their consumers, it makes it all expensive. Yeah… anything sold illegally will never be cheap.
And if it must be sold legally, then taxes must be paid on them. So, people still have the right to sell them, just that their profits in that particular segment may drop. And as long as it’s legal, there would be no way to sell it in the black market because there would be no trouble with getting such products around.
So yeah, I believe this will be a great investment for the government. The taxes that will be levied on such products will be helpful in developing key sectors of the government and, as such, help in the growth of the nation and the people.
Because when we think about it, what exactly do we gain from sugar? We might say glucose, but that’s not just gotten from sugar. It can be gotten from so many other food sources. Sugar will always be a favorite simply because it makes things sweet. That’s something even I am guilty of. We take tea in the morning, we take soda in the afternoon, and we take pap in the evening. Other major foods we eat during the course of the day also contain sugar in one form or the other.
The accumulation of these things doesn’t help us in the long run. Alcohol ends up destroying our lungs and liver, and even kidneys. Sugar puts us at risk of diabetes, and smoking also puts our liver at great risk. These are not issues that come up shortly after use, they only come up after a long time. Once a tolerance level has been set and we’ve gotten addicted to using them. While our body might be able to tolerate such substances, it doesn’t mean their effects are minute.
So yeah, I’ll definitely support such a move. It might be hard, but it will help many others to be able to get off some really dangerous addictions. I know that it might not change for some people, after all, chronic addicts will go to any lengths to pay for whatever it is that they want. However, I’m pretty certain that in the end, the amount of such products that are consumed will be reduced greatly.
That’s the goal.
