Abstract

In the state of Bihar, Nitish Kumar's plan to ban alcohol use is unlikely to have the desired effect on reducing domestic violence. 4,000 billion rupees in tax revenue will also be lost as a result. Furthermore, bans have always resulted in higher enforcement costs and increased black market sales. The greatest method to tackle the growing problem of alcoholism and the social instability it causes is to raise the price of alcohol and restrict public access to it. In this study, we examine how the ban on alcohol affects people's usage of alcoholic beverages and other substances having addictive properties. Using a range of household expenditure surveys for India, it was revealed that the effects of the alcohol ban on consumption differed depending on the type of alcohol and the industry. Beer, IMFL, and arrack consumption in rural areas decreased significantly, despite the fact that prohibition had a smaller influence on rural areas. As a result of the ban, fewer people in metropolitan areas were using toddy as a recreational drug. Prohibition can also be used as a technique to study the relationship between alcohol and other addictive substances. For example, if you drink beer, you'll be more likely to have these traits than if you drink wine or liquor, according to these findings. It also had a negative effect on how these items were used as a result of prohibition. As a result, both bidis and cigarettes are on the rise, while the use of pans and leaf tobacco is on the fall.

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