Can you see that coffee is food and LSD is not food ?
I am fully aware of the distinctions and similarities between the two, and hold that we are largely arbitrary in assigning some levels moral weight when it comes to what we put into our bodies. The question is the manner and degree to which these substances effect our thoughts and behavior; whether they are the cause, or whether perhaps there is a condition residing within heart, body and mind that screws everything up, no matter what we imbibe or refrain from imbibing.