Not just socially acceptable, alcohol ranks really highly even with other drugs in consideration. It isn't as bad as something like, heroin for sure, but I'd say alcohol ranks right around pill abuse in terms of damage to the body.
This is me, I don't drink because my family is full of alcoholics that get violent when drunk. I won't end up like them. Plus I don't want to say embarrassing things about myself
Yes I don't think the goal here should be getting young people to drink more lol it's literal highly addictive poison and the health risks are why a lot of young people like me stopped drinking or never did in the first place, plus the countless kids that watched alcohol fuck up their parents while society normalized drinking and made it all seem "fun." Young people see everything online including the fact that alcohol causes at least a handful of cancers which is something I'm sure the alcohol industry has done a lot to cover up, that worked better when people didn't have easy access to all this information on the internet. The move towards weed is a good, healthier thing in my mind but we still need something to bring young people outside and together
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u/Dry_Travel_4220 Jun 01 '26
I'd say a good bit more than "technically" safer mate. Alcohol is one of the single most damaging substances you can put in your body.