Without arguing about what is worse, i think it is important to look at the stats of Alcohol damage in the US for example: https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsaf

Without arguing about what is worse, i think it is important to look at the stats of Alcohol damage in the US for example: https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/im https://www.cdc.gov/transportationsafety/impaired_driving/im... In 2016, 10,497 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for 28% of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.1 Of the 1,233 traffic deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2016, 214 (17%) involved an alcohol-impaired driver.1 The victims can be total strangers, on the road for example. Also, this above citation is just regarding traffic accidents, there are of course other impacts.