> Basically, the bad folks always ruin it for the docile rest of us. To some extent, yes. But those who want to normalize and justify their drinking also wish

> Basically, the bad folks always ruin it for the docile rest of us. To some extent, yes. But those who want to normalize and justify their drinking also wish to absolve alcohol of all association with these things even though alcohol absolutely increases their incidence. You see the same bias in people who want to believe that drinking moderately is healthier than abstaining. There's nothing actually supporting this, but the few flawed studies that show some minor benefit get published over and over in the news because it's what people want to hear. In reality once you filter out people who abstain specifically because of their health, all cause mortality goes up with any level of drinking.