Refined, concentrated drugs are dangerous in general -- even distilled alcohol. Look at the impact of gin on England in the 1700s, which was at least as bad as

Refined, concentrated drugs are dangerous in general -- even distilled alcohol. Look at the impact of gin on England in the 1700s, which was at least as bad as the crack and meth epidemics put together; maybe worse, since all social classes drank gin dangerously heavily, and it was always available legally and cheaply.