That's a fair assessment when it comes to addiction, but there's also binge drinking which has a fair number of detrimental effects and a decent rate of overdos

That's a fair assessment when it comes to addiction, but there's also binge drinking which has a fair number of detrimental effects and a decent rate of overdoses. I looked up the rate of incident and was actually surprised at the prevalence throughout age groups, to be honest. https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/binge-drinking.htm https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/fact-sheets/binge-drinking.htm EDIT: To be clear, I'm not an abolishonist. I do think, however, we should look at the actual potential harm of a substance when making laws. Alcohol is both physically addictive and habitual vs. marijuana or mushrooms. Alcohol and MDMA have overdose risk, where as marijuana and mushrooms do not. Marijuana and MDMA can pose serious psychological risks, especially in adolescents, where alcohol has a much lesser risk. These should all be reviewed in a scientific and dispassionate manner when defining laws, is all I'm suggesting.