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.
“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.”
My dear SJSample, you don’t know me. I’ve had experience with alcohol. I am just not defending my sacred drug of choice. I don’t care for it.
Of course any drug, including alcohol and Dayquil, can kill you by overdose.
Of course many people drink themselves to death.
But to Libertarians, if I say alcohol should be legal, they think I’m saying drunkenness should be legal. I’m not.
If you really think that people drop just the tiniest bit of acid and remain lucid, or whiff the tiniest bit of crack and stay grounded, or snort just a grain or two of Coke and can remain rational, YOU are the one who has a lack of experience!
These ideas may be technically possible. But they don’t happen. People use drugs to get HIGH.
People use alcohol and still stay fine and lucid, sometimes in slightly better condition; and SOME use it to get high. My mom has wine with dinner every night. She’s in her seventies. I’ve never seen her drunk in my life.
Therein lies the difference.
There is no drug that people use, besides alcohol, that they don’t use for the express purpose of getting stoned. I am not going to pretend there is.