You are your own liquor control board

The Supreme Court of Canada recently ruled that the hosts of a party are not legally responsible for someone who leaves the party then drives under the influence. What baffles me is the large number of people who believe that was the wrong decision.

There is no way that hosts could possibly stay on top of how drunk their guests are. Having hosted many parties, I had enough trouble just making sure there were enough hash brownies to go around. All kidding aside, it's time that people took responsibility for their own actions. A host can go a long way toward reminding their guests that they shouldn't drive home - but it's the guest who did the drinking. If you drink and drive, your host won't be paying the ticket or losing demerit points. If you kill someone because you drove drunk - you should pay. Perhaps with a lot of jail time, because it seems that taking away someone's license doesn't really solve anything - they just drive without a license.