[OneWingedShark]

The bible warns against the use of intoxicants and mind-altering drugs.

It's not as entirely prohibitive as you are implying though:

(Prov 31:6-7)
Give strong drink to one who is perishing,
and wine to those in bitter distress;
let them drink and forget their poverty,
and remember their misery no more.

Also remember that Jesus's first miracle was turning water into wine.

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4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: 5 Lest they drink , and forget the law , and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted . 6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish , and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. 7 Let him drink , and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

Leaders don't waste their lives with intoxicants is what that says. Wiping away pain is for the injured, and wiping away feeling is for the depressed.

You read that differently than do I.

But, fwiw, onewingshark, I think you are seeing something worth pursuing. You don't want to see and overbearing government directing peoples' personal decisions, and you don't want that over-bearing government wasting lives and resources in a lying campaign.

I agree with that.

I'll take the pain pill to deaden pain, but I won't take it to deaden life.