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Sort of. It's analogous to Beer vs Whiskey: Same psychoactive, but one substance has been chemically concentrated. Both are bad for you but one can be consumed

Sort of. It's analogous to Beer vs Whiskey: Same psychoactive, but one substance has been chemically concentrated. Both are bad for you but one can be consumed in much lower quantities and concentrations so the health risks are a bit attenuated. Drinking a beer a lunch on a Friday is generally acceptable, but whisky at lunch any day would raise some eyebrows. That said if you start drinking 5 beers a night every night your friends and family might intervene.

kortilla 4y ago
Not really analogous. A whiskey beverage is usually served at one alcohol unit of strength and has the same alcohol as a beer. In fact, someone who has a whiskey neat for lunch is likely going to get less alcohol than someone who has a pint from a microbrew. 16 ounces at 10% abv vs 1.5 ounces at 40%.
- User23 4y ago
  > Not really analogous. A whiskey beverage is usually served at one alcohol unit of strength and has the same alcohol as a beer. The only place I’ve ever gone to a bar where this is actually true is in Utah. Not to mention with the rise of craft beer even a beer isn’t a standard drink often as not.
- blululu 4y ago
  In both cases the psychoactive is the same but the concentration is different. It is a fair nuance you bring up that an unregulated refining and cutting process has a lot of variability in its amount which can mean taking a rather large amount. While drinking a beer can have more total alcohol than a shot of whiskey, the social stigma is there for reasons. Concentrated consumption is on a different level in terms of behavior and results. I frequently see people have a single beer over a meal, but I don't usually see people have just one shot of whisky...
  - kortilla 4y ago
    I frequently see people have a whisky neat or something like a martini and that’s it. It’s a low carb substitution for drinking beer.

kortilla 4y ago

Not really analogous. A whiskey beverage is usually served at one alcohol unit of strength and has the same alcohol as a beer. In fact, someone who has a whiskey neat for lunch is likely going to get less alcohol than someone who has a pint from a microbrew. 16 ounces at 10% abv vs 1.5 ounces at 40%.

User23 4y ago
> Not really analogous. A whiskey beverage is usually served at one alcohol unit of strength and has the same alcohol as a beer. The only place I’ve ever gone to a bar where this is actually true is in Utah. Not to mention with the rise of craft beer even a beer isn’t a standard drink often as not.
blululu 4y ago
In both cases the psychoactive is the same but the concentration is different. It is a fair nuance you bring up that an unregulated refining and cutting process has a lot of variability in its amount which can mean taking a rather large amount. While drinking a beer can have more total alcohol than a shot of whiskey, the social stigma is there for reasons. Concentrated consumption is on a different level in terms of behavior and results. I frequently see people have a single beer over a meal, but I don't usually see people have just one shot of whisky...
- kortilla 4y ago
  I frequently see people have a whisky neat or something like a martini and that’s it. It’s a low carb substitution for drinking beer.