Opinions - To state that booze is OK but other drugs are bad is societal hypocrisy.

[malcolm kyle]

Humankind has a long and rich tradition of transcending reality. This is also one of the main reasons people use alcohol.

To state that booze is OK but other drugs are bad is societal hypocrisy. Drugs including alcohol are bad only if the user allows it's influence to dominate their life or distract them from their normal responsibilities.

So there will always be people who do drugs and not all of them possesses enough self-discipline; so there will always be addicts.

Prohibition did not work with alcohol, and of course for the same reasons it will never work for any other mind-altering substance. So why do we continue to provide trillions in nontaxable income for rampaging tattooed gang members, Colombia guerrillas and paramilitary thugs, Mexican cartels and Zetas, the Taliban in Afghanistan and al-Qaeda who can now be found just about everywhere?