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There is a reason for this distinction. Alcohol in moderation is relaxing and can be enjoyable to the senses. Most drugs, and at the doses that make them appeal

There is a reason for this distinction. Alcohol in moderation is relaxing and can be enjoyable to the senses. Most drugs, and at the doses that make them appealing for recreational use, impair the exercise and function of reason and the sense faculties that inform it. (Drunkenness is bad for the same reason.) Given how central and essential to humanity reason is, that's an incredibly important distinction.

dapangzi 9mo ago
Logic does not follow to me. Plenty of drugs, used in moderation, are also relaxing and can be enjoyable to the senses. Alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, and marijuana products ARE drugs, not sure why people insist on making the distinction.