“Can’t they just pour themselves a nice shot of bourbon? “
A nice shot of bourbon leaves you lucid, grounded in reality, sane, aware of your surrounding.
People who get high want to get MESSED UP. A nice shot of bourbon won’t do it.
And no, I am not defending my sacred cow, I don’t drink bourbon. I have never had more than one drink at a time in my adult life.
But a shot of bourbon will not harm you, and most likely will be a net positive for your health. Thus, it is not of much interest to drug lovers.
Ditto for a few puffs of moderate-potency pot.
If we restrict ourselves to the one shot of which he speaks, yes. But you do realize some people imbibe more than that and on purpose to get drunk, don’t you? And that busybodies tried to stop them with a whole War on Booze back when which failed utterly. Remembering that takes much of the force away from his little joke.
I suspect your self-admitted lack of experience with alcohol is reponsible for your mistaken beliefs.
There are PLENTY of people who drink to get messed up. They often drink themselves TO DEATH. Alcoholism is rampant, but we focus on other drugs because it’s convenient.
Almost any drug is capable of killing by overdose, but I’m unaware of any Marijuana overdoses. If it’s happened, I’d be curious to hear of it. Many marijuana users are extremely casual, not overdoing it (ala “Reefer Madness”).
Alcohol is no different and should no different treatment.