mehet Wrote:It being classified as a "drug" doesn't mean it's the same as ilicit drugs.
As someone who used to work at a liquor store, I can tell you that the only difference between alcohol and illicit drugs is the legal status. Other than that, it is exactly like other drugs in the sense that it is highly addictive and it physically and mentally destroys the user. Day after day I watched alcoholics come in ravaged by their addiction, spending the last dime they could find under their couch for their next "fix." Anything you can or have said against illicit drugs can be said about alcohol.
So ask yourself, what is it about alcohol that you are okay with it being legal?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
