Resolved: Prohibition should be made law again

The number of drunk drivers is increasing"Drunk driving showed a long, slow decline between 1993 and 1997, from 123 million incidents a year to 116 million. But according to a new national survey, from 1997 to 1999 that increased 37 percent to 159 million and that rate continued in 2002. The survey, published in the May 2005 issue of theAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine, also found that four out of five episodes of alcohol-impaired driving were reported by people who also reported binge drinking, defined as consuming five or more drinks or more than one occasion. ". http://alcoholism.about.com...This issue in itself calls for the need to change. If Americans cannot control themselves while under the influence, they present a danger to the general public. In a campaign address in Sea Gift, New Jersey on August 27, 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt made this comment on Prohibition, "It is increasingly apparent that the intemperate use of intoxicants has no place in this new mechanized civilization of ours. In our industry, in our recreation, on our highways, a drunken man is more than an objectionable companion, he is a peril to the rest of us. The hand that controls the machinery of our factories, that holds the steering wheel of our automobiles, and the brains that guide the course of finance and industry, should alike be free from the effects of over-indulgence in alcohol. "The only reason Prohibition was repealed was because the government wanted to increase taxesWhen Prohibition was repealed, it became a severe problem immediately. My opponent has brought up the fair point that it would be an economical disaster to make alcohol illegal because of tax revenue and jobs. I ask the question, why not simply raise the tax in other areas? For example in tobacco? This would cause people to avoid cigarettes as well which would be beneficial to the health of American citizens. There are also numerous areas in which taxes could be increased in small amounts and make up for the New Prohibition. If the states truly supported the issue, as they did before, it would happen. If Prohibition was enforced, it would have workedI ask my opponent how was Prohibition not successful in the 20's? I answer it with one word, inefficiency. The Prohibition Bureau had only about 3,000 agents to control illegal liquor traffic, and some of these were inept or unethical. Therefore many people took advantage of this fact. If the New Prohibition was enforced with governmental support, I have no doubt it would work. Could you imagine? Only 3,000 agents to control the nationwide problem of speak-easies, moonshiners, bootlegging, etc. Of course it wasn't effective. The laws for drunk driving are not consistent as it is, and there needs to be a changeThe punishment for drunk driving depends greatly on many factors such as how much the person was drunk at the time, if they were caught, damages done, etc. Most drunk drivers get off easy. Some, yes, are put into prison temporarily, but soon they are free to go to cause more damage. People who drive drunk simply don't care enough about the safety of others. Prohibition would take alcohol off the shelves and drop the number of drunk drivers considerably. You may ask, how could we enforce it in a nation with an unstable economy and a populace that is much more liberal? That is the question. But one step at a time. The first issue is to bring these facts into public attention and make people aware of the dangers of alchohol. Thank you for reading and debating. I truly enjoy researching and debating this topic.