Can a bigger booze tax reduce disease, crime?

Can a bigger booze tax reduce disease, crime? - CNN.com
"Doubling the current state taxes on alcohol -- which would tack on as much as 50 cents to the price of the average six-pack or bottle of wine -- could be expected to reduce alcohol-related deaths by 35 percent, fatal car crashes by 11 percent, and the rates of sexually transmitted disease by 6 percent, according to the study."

Why not just ban alcohol?
Or just too much alcohol...or waaay too much alcohol....


Oh, it's really about more taxes....I get it.....