No, you are trying to equate alcohol in a form that can be ingested and intoxicate a person with alcohol in the form that if ingested, would kill the person. The author is not ignoring anything; your specious argument is irrelevant.
"History" is not a justification for inprisoning certain people for ingesting a certain substance, and not inprisoning others for ingesting another substance..
Well then, my post #4 was a waste of your time, wasn't it?