Oh, no doubt about that. Also because alcohol has been our societal "drug of choice" for centuries. But I was talking more about the social and physical devastation that accompanies alcoholism, which is on a par with abuse of the "harder" drugs like cocaine and heroin.
But I was talking more about the social and physical devastation that accompanies alcoholism, which is on a par with abuse of the "harder" drugs like cocaine and heroin.
The debilitating effect of alcohol on a persons ability to reason results in many people resorting to violence that in a sober state would not. Most hard drugs do not have a similar debilitating effect on ability to reason the leads to aggression.
Interestingly, the addition of violence as an effect of prohibition. Namely, gang violence and its innocent victims, Likewise the addition of violence as an effect of the war on drugs -- gang violence and its innocent victims.
The ratio of violence in the alcohol prohibition to violence by debilitation of reason under the influence of alcohol shows a higher ratio of violence comes from the debilitation of reason. Whereas in the prohibition of drugs the higher ratio of violence is in the prohibition. Ie., gang violence.