That difference is mainly legal status. Make alcohol and tobacco illegal and you'll see line cooks stealing to buy booze and smokes, organized crime around the

That difference is mainly legal status. Make alcohol and tobacco illegal and you'll see line cooks stealing to buy booze and smokes, organized crime around the industry, and everything we currently have with other illegal drugs. Hell, you don't even have to run this thought experiment yourself, but just read books about prohibition. Also, what's the difference between a 19-year-old kid OD'ing a couple of weeks or months after falling down the addiction spiral and a 19-year-old kid dying in a car crash from drinking and driving a couple of weeks or months after falling down the addiction spiral (of alcohol)?