[AUgrad]

Narcotics cannot be discussed in the same light as alcohol because the effects of addiction are not the same. If you doubt it, compare the alcoholics you know with the drug addicts you know. To continue to argue that drug legalization will have the same effect as the removal of Prohibition is disingenuous

Ever see anyone with the DTs? It's as bad as any smack addict.

[Mark Bahner]

Narcotics cannot be discussed in the same light as alcohol because the effects of addiction are not the same.

Alcohol IS a narcotic. (From the root "narco"...numbing.)

From Dictionary.com: An addictive drug, such as opium, that reduces pain, alters mood and behavior, and usually induces sleep or stupor.

During the Civil War, alcohol was consumed prior to surgery, precisely because of its narcotic effect. Timeline for alcohol use in America...see 1862