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Alcohol 'most harmful drug'


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Alowishus
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 01:46 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Drew Linky wrote:
Isn't Ecstasy the one where you have to drink a lot of water or else you die?


I thought it was you died by drowning because it made you drink so much.

Alcohol is probably that high up (like most people have said) because it is readily available.

It's all to do with self control and moderation and some people just can't control themselves. I don't know the extent of this in America since your legal drinking age is so high but over here there's "glamourisation" of drinking.

The whole "i'm so cool cause i'm drunk" and the "omg guys i got so drunk last night". Which being a student is pretty much all you ever hear about.

However i don't have a problem with legalised drugs. Everyone harps on about all the people getting checked into hospital with overdoses and shit. The number of people who take drugs i couldn't see dramatically increasing. People would try it out if it was legal but i doubt many would go on drug binges.

Probably about the same amount who go on alcohol ones. If it was heavily taxed i don't see the problem, or at least taxed the same amount as alcohol.

Look at the Netherlands. How often do you hear about problems there? Never.
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i'll_bite_your_ear
Title: Distillatoria
Joined: Jun 09 2010
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PostPosted: Nov 06 2010 01:50 pm Reply with quote Back to top

so alcohol is a legal drug, a drug that can be consumed in many more different situations, you can get your hands on it more quickly and you can consume as much of it as you like. those are the factors that make alcohol the most harmful drug not the drug itself.


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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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PostPosted: Jan 20 2011 02:22 am Reply with quote Back to top



http://current.com/entertainment/comedy/92930174_beer-test.htm

and related cuz it was in the comments:



http://funnyandspicy.com/beer-serving-for-a-large-party-nice-invention

Quote:
2,550-Year-Old Celtic Beer Recipe Resurrected

Early Celtic rulers of a community in what’s now southwestern Germany liked to party, staging elaborate feasts in a ceremonial center. The business side of their revelries was located in a nearby brewery capable of turning out large quantities of a beer with a dark, smoky, slightly sour taste, new evidence suggests.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/01/ancient-celtic-beer/


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Beach Bum
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PostPosted: Jan 20 2011 02:36 am Reply with quote Back to top

Hmm since you kinda necroed it I'll comment on the original post. I don't see how alcohol is more harmful than ecstasy, I've seen people take one bad pill and be seriously fucked up for the rest of their life. A couple shots of alcohol aren't going to permanently fuck up your brain like that shit can. Meth is a terrible drug too and seems a lot more harmful than alcohol to me.

I also think it is because it is a lot easier to get a bottle of booze than scoring some heroin that it is so high up. Personally I'd rather drink than risk some of the bad shit that can happen when you take some of that other crap. Then again I don't own a car so I don't drive drunk.

You know what though I just got back from someone's 21st and I'm going to go play some Dwarf Fortress because the only things I will be killing tonight thanks to the booze will be pixels. Plus it is snowing like nuts out and I'm not planning on going to class tomorrow anyway.
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Atma
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PostPosted: Jan 21 2011 07:16 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Beach Bum wrote:
Hmm since you kinda necroed it I'll comment on the original post. I don't see how alcohol is more harmful than ecstasy.

Completely agree. Was just posting the story Very Happy
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Title: owner of a lonely heart
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PostPosted: Jan 21 2011 09:02 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Atma wrote:
Beach Bum wrote:
Hmm since you kinda necroed it I'll comment on the original post. I don't see how alcohol is more harmful than ecstasy.

Completely agree. Was just posting the story Very Happy

agreed

and i was just posting those youtube videos.


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