[LazarusX]

Apples and oranges. There are 2 totally different types of people that consume cocaine, and those that just consume alcohol. Most alcohol users simply want a slight change in mood and feeling. Types that take HARD drugs such as coke, heroin, ect want a SEVERE change in mood and feeling. Those types continually look for more and more to satisfy them.

Not during prohibition. people moved away from socially drinking low alcohol drinks to drinking the hard stuff. This included children. Gangs thrived, and Joe Kennedy made a fortune smuggling booze and created the wealth that keeps that family above the law to this day.

[Texaggie79]

people moved away from socially drinking low alcohol drinks to drinking the hard stuff.

Only because it was more available than the mild stuff. However, today, you can get beer for cheap and it is more available. Look to drugs though and you see that cocaine is just as available as crack. And many rich users still choose Crack.