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Why should we get rid of alcohol?

Alcohol has become a major problem in society, causing many negative side-effects. It is estimated that alcohol causes over 600,000 deaths per year and damages approximately $250 billion of personal property. Alcohol also leads to crime, increases the risk of sexual violence, and is responsible for 43% (roughly half) of traffic accidents. Alcoholism also affects every level of our society: entire families are affected by alcoholism as well as communities in which we live. There are more than 7 million people currently living with an alcohol use disorder (AUD). Anytime you hear about someone dying from alcohol related diseases or someone being charged with drunk driving/drunken driving, it's directly because they caused those tragedies by drinking too much. The following argument is a basic argument against the use of alcohol in society, with the central premise being that drinking causes social problems.
The Argument
The evidence for this claim is from a variety of sources that either show some direct correlation between alcohol and negative social effects or simply show that one does not have to be in close proximity to drink to have negative consequences. Many people believe that if two people don't know each other well, they should stay away from each other while drinking. And many people believe that it is socially acceptable to get drunk with someone on a regular basis. However, both these beliefs are false.
Inebriated by alcohol, people become more hostile and belligerent. There is a general increase in social violence when more people are drinking.
Most people realize that alcohol is a problem, either for the individual or for society; however, many people believe that it's not worth trying to ban alcohol or even cut back on it. They think that regulating its use is enough. Well, nothing can be less true than this statement. Alcohol causes a lot of health problems and addiction problems as well as leads to many deaths worldwide.
There are no healthy effects from consuming any amount of alcohol and therefore it should be completely banned in our society in order to improve on the quality of our lives.
If you look at the lives of people who drink a lot, you will notice that they are very different from the lives of people who do not drink at all. Drinking leads to many problems for people:
1. Alcohol can lead to death. More than 6000 people die from drinking each year in the U.S. alone.
People are dying as a direct result of alcohol consumption every day and that number is only going to increase if we continue to allow legal access to alcohol.
2. Alcohol ruins personal relationships for both drinkers and others around them due to violence and other negative effects on people's mental states, including their ability to make decisions about their future and how they spend time with those around them.
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