re: Why does the government have the ability to restrict what substances are in my body?

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Booze was prohibited primarily by women. They didn't want their children seeing dad get sloshed and taking up the habit. By legalizing booze it sent the message to lil Johnny that booze was OK.

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Don't forget the then new Industrial Revolution and mass production plants run by the oligarchs.

Being drunk is inherently dangerous and hampers worker productivity. The oligarchs supported the women's temperance movement as it was it in their financial interest.

This is some of the same reasoning behind keeping drugs illegal: economic harm, in theory. The nightly national news used to quarterly report on "lost productivity" due to injury and disease including drug and alcohol abuse. That's partly why alcoholism is a disease and drug addiction is a crime.