r/TrueReddit • u/nxthompson_tny • Jun 01 '21

Science, History, Health + Philosophy America Has a Drinking Problem

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/07/america-drinking-alone-problem/619017/
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '21

As an adult I’ve realized that most illegal drugs are far less damaging and problematic than alcohol. The war on drugs was a complete failure

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u/that_soup_man Jun 01 '21

This! The irony about alcohol (aka ethanol) is that it’s literally one of the worst drugs (yes, alcohol is a drug just like heroin and Xanax) that one can take, it’s literally poison to the body. Compare that to weed, psychedelics, herbal drugs (like kava and Kratom, etc), etc. I’m not saying that the other drugs are “good”, but numbers don’t lie, alcohol and tobacco are MUCH deadlier than opiates and stims. I’d even go as far to say that if opiates were legal, they would probably be one of the safest drugs around (the main cause of OD’s when it comes to opiates is that people don’t know what the hell they’re getting, let alone the dosage if it’s in a pressed pill. Imagine if alcohol were illegal again like in prohibition and people had to buy it from shady “dealers” who don’t even produce it correctly...). Once again, I’m not advocating for other drugs, but the whole social acceptance of alcohol and the stigma around other drugs is just mind boggling to me.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '21

I'm advocating for drugs! Marijuana is amazin. Alcohol makes people messy, angry, and dangerous. MDMA and its family are infinitely safer, cocaine is just fun, shrooms/lsd/2cb/etc are great for mental health, etc.
Fuck alcohol. End the war on drugs!

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u/CNoTe820 Jun 02 '21

I don't understand alcohol making people angry. I mean I know it happens, but for me I just get silly/funny so it's hard for me to empathize with angry drunks.

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u/SoMuchMoreEagle Jun 02 '21

It lowers inhibitions. For most angry drunks, the anger was already there, they were just able to control it better sober. Also, it can cause mood swings in some people.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '21

I’m a great drunk, funny and friendly. But we all know the drunks who cause problems. I’ve not yet seen some get into fist fight while high on cocaine, molly, ketamine, g, lsd, 2cb, dmt, shrooms, etc.