[Brightitude]

I still don't understand why people take drugs. Can't they just pour themselves a nice shot of bourbon?
I don't think this author has a firm grasp on the subject about which he writes.

He does, however, seem to have a finely honed sense of sarcasm.

[GSWarrior]

I wasn't sure if he was being serious or not.

I must be suffering from PDS--pundit derangement syndrome.

[A Strict Constructionist]

“I still don’t understand why people take drugs. Can’t they just pour themselves a nice shot of bourbon?”

This one statement expresses the average persons knowledge of what is and isn’t a drug. There are probably more iatrogenic addicts than all of those from illegal drugs.