alcohol when over used is bad, but lets not pretend these people aren't also using other drugs....
why are people so quick to open more and more people to mind altering drugs?....why?...
in Washington state, you can't open a newspaper or listen to the radio or drive a major arterial without having pot stores advertising 24/7.
its insanity...
I disagree
Every alcoholic I’ve known prefers alcohol first and foremost
I have known alkies who would snort coke so they could drink more
But if alcohol is the premier gateway drug as you suggest then let’s ban it....and cures the drug war period
One note.....alcohol related deaths doesn’t mean they died of heroin but we found alcohol in their blood
It means alcohol was the primary contributing factor either by overdose or disease or accidental death
If it were heroin or OxyContin it would be filed under narcotics related deaths
They generally test for these things thru toxicology or autopsy to determine cause of death or contributing factor
Washington state which indeed as a heroin and meth problem usually runs around a quarter of the deaths from all drugs combined in comparison to alcohol
Of course a lot more people drink than use heroin id hope
Alcohol related deaths nationwide are fairly steady as a percentage since record keeping started except the draconian drunk driving laws which are now totally out of control did help when applied within reason
The newest standards
One drink for a women and she’s DUI at .05 and car seizures etc is in my view as bad as the drug war excess