• Bipta@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    It would be logical to restrict access to alcohol far more severely if you have that concern.

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          11 months ago

          There are lots of drugs worse than alcohol. Meth, fentanyl, or heroine for example.

          Alcohol is worse than marijuana though.

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            11 months ago

            Worse is a subjective term. Alcohol causes more deaths per year (140,000+) than all other drug overdose deaths combined (~103,000). Alcohol also has significant long term health impact for even light users. I think what’s truly the worst is how normalized alcohol use and abuse is in American society.

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            11 months ago

            Fun fact: withdrawal from alcohol can and frequently does kill people.

            Withdrawal from meth doesn’t kill people and it’s uncommon for people to die from opiate withdrawal.

            Alcohol is a horrible drug.

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            True. And I don’t get Fentanyl at all, I mean I don’t do drugs myself and I really never wanted them but - c’mon people, Fentanyl? You’d be better off ingesting rat poison. Why would anyone deliberately take such a thing.

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          10 months ago

          What’s really bad about alcohol is, people who abuse it don’t think it IS a drug. And they don’t see it as having any negative effects until it’s already created and addictive pattern and need for it.