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I've often wondered why we can't replace alcohol with a less damaging recreational drug. We could take a tranqilizer like valium, make a dilute solution of it,
by mullingitover 12y ago
I've often wondered why we can't replace alcohol with a less damaging recreational drug. We could take a tranqilizer like valium, make a dilute solution of it, add flavoring or whatever it takes to give it alcohol's 'kick' and end up with an acceptable substitute. This isn't to say that valium is 'safe' but it's far less toxic to the body than alcohol.
- dredmorbius 12y agoSoma.
- Scoundreller 12y agoI suspect a lot of the anti-drug[1] lobby is heavy supported by the legal drug lobby[2]. There's just so much to lose by so many people if safer alternatives emerge (ignoring the fact that new industries will emerge). Dr. David Nutt is working on this: http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/feb/27/david-nutt-drink-alcohol-substitute-safer-intoxicant http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/feb/27/david-nu... but there are already a large pile of options, just a lack of political will. [1] Anti-drug referring to anti-illegal-drug. [2] of which consist of drugs that would never pass the medication approval process, but solely exist due to a history of use and grandfathering