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[–] Krudler@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

Hard agree. The amount of alcohol that humans can safely consume is approaching zero.

And ... The Canada Alcohol Deficit studies indicate that our current alcohol deficit is over 6 billion dollars. Meaning that after we take in taxation on alcohol, and we deal with the social, health, and criminal costs, we're down 6B (e: the linked article below shows just under 4Bn but that's out of date)

Not only do we need warning labels, but we need to literally double the price of alcohol imo

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/reports-publications/health-promotion-chronic-disease-prevention-canada-research-policy-practice/vol-40-no-5-6-2020/alcohol-deficit-canadian-government-revenue-societal-costs.html

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Labels are fine but increasing the price sounds ridiculous. I don't drink alcohol but I cook with it all the time. I don't need an increase in my grocery bill.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You burn off the alcohol anyway. Just use cheaper extracts or juices.

[–] pilferjinx@piefed.social 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I've never used extracts before. Do you just reconstitute it? How does it fair in taste? I like making Japanese style sauces as well as french style reductions. I feel like this would be a very niche product outside of the common wines.

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