Assessing the benefits.

beer, and a movement was started for its abolition. Almost the whole country was divided on the issue, but eventually the small but powerful anti-alcohol parliamentary faction won, and 2B was banned. Did this decrease alcoholism ? Of course not: drinking habits were altered and 2B abusers turned to cheap wines, whereas the rest of the population had to be satisfied with the rather tasteless 2A or 2 as it is now called.