Alcoholic beverages are causing havoc among humanity. Why can't these beverages be de-alcoholed? Problem solved. As long as alcohol is produced and consumed, the worse the problem becomes.

It's shocking to see the damage and bloodshed in cities and towns at an enormous cost to society.

All drugs are a curse, and many of us strong-willed folk wonder why other folk glorify in consuming those mind and body-destroying poisons.

I can't understand why our NZ Government has not informed the producers of those alcoholic beverages to erase the poison – problem solved.

It seems incongruous that marijuana is a banned drug, yet alcohol and nicotine are sold over the counter. So where is our human rational?

Now plastic containers of alcoholic booze are being manufactured to retailers at 20 per cent proof.

What next will humans invent when it comes to drugs? Our government should come down with hammers and tongs to make it illegal to distribute alcohol to the public.

Ernest Izett Tauranga.