I don’t agree when the term “drugs and alcohol” is used as this is implying that alcohol is not a drug. The term feels manipulative and purposeful. It is frustrating to see the social acceptance for a harmful drug because it is taxable and socially accepted, but other drugs such as cannabis and psycadellics are heavily stigmatized. Still in large number of places and society’s these drugs are not socially accepted. If a drugs legallity was based purely on the damage it can do to your body, alcohol and cigarette would certainly be illegal.
It can be frustrating to be looked down on while being told that weed smells bad and is bad by someone smoking a cigarette and drinking a beer. They have been greatly decived (i understand weed is not “healthy” but my point is its less harmful than alcohol and has more use cases including some for medical purposes).
Alcohol can be either as bad or worse by far than cannabis. No stoner went home pissed off, had a puff and then beat his wife and kids. Just a small example but if you’ve lived in this world you know what I’m saying. I guess alcohol is such an integral part of many societies around the world that to examine it objectively and ban it for the same given reasons would kinda crush the lifestyle of billions (and kill those who drink so much they can’t stop cold turkey!), and nobody wants to even approach the subject critically because it could only lead to it’s prohibition or the decriminalisation of cannabis. And how would the shareholders of major alcohol companies feel???
Also, how would Germanics/Northern Europeans socialize without booze?! They can barely tolerate people/the world as it is, lol.