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Once again, alcohol listed separately from "drugs", and it's the most harmful drug of the lot. Can we even be surprised that alcoholism is such a problem when
by pixelpoet 8y ago
Once again, alcohol listed separately from "drugs", and it's the most harmful drug of the lot.
Can we even be surprised that alcoholism is such a problem when we cannot even recognise as a society that it's actually a drug?
- vonmoltke 8y agoAlcohol's dangers get whitewashed frequently, but they don't hold a candle to the likes ketamine, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine.
- JBReefer 8y agoWhat's wrong with Ketamine? It's not particularly addictive, and it's worst side effect is kidney damage (which can be quite severe). Are you sure you don't mean Heroin or Fentanyl? Those are the worst of the bunch.
- pixelpoet 8y agoBy "most harmful" I meant total harm to society, not personal harm per microgram or something. How many families have been torn apart by alcoholism? How many drunk driving deaths? And yet it still doesn't get the stigma of being "drugs" - this is the bullshit I'm referring to.
- 542458 8y agoIn addition to what the other commenter said, it's also worth breaking alcohol out into it's own statistic since it occupies a different place culturally and in people's minds than other drugs. Combining them would just muddle the waters, and make it even harder to make a good argument as to how dangerous alcohol is.