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Because alcohol has been purposely drunk by people for literally thousands of years, and the vast, vast majority of people are able to drink without having a pr

• amirbehzad 5y ago
• 2Gkashmiri 5y ago
  people have purposely been doing a lot of slavery for thousands of years as well. took us some time but we got over the whole "its been fine for millions of years so it must be good or at least fine" to get to the root of the issue. once we found that, slavery was abolished pretty much everywhere. my point is, why bring "societal pressure of 500 years" into an argument for an inherently bad thing. just thinking out loud
  • N1H1L 5y ago
    Slavery is not alcohol, and equating the two is a very obvious strawman argument
    • netizen-936824 5y ago
      The point was the "doing something for a long time is not a good reason to view it as okay"
  • JodieBenitez 5y ago
    I don't know what the slavery has to do here... but as for psychoactive drugs, it's not only a bad thing, it also has its upsides that are well-known, hence why humans have been consuming drugs since forever. The downsides/upsides ratio varies greatly depending on the dose and the frequency. I think there's better education around alcohol now than there was 30 years ago (at least where I live). Still, a lot could be done, particularly for the youth, like banning pre-mixed cans and other sugary ready-to-binge beverages. Habits start early.