Comment on Colombian president says cocaine 'no worse than whisky'
onlyoneIbought@r.nf 9 hours agoThe Alcohol-Related Disease Impact application estimates that each year there are more than 178,000 deaths (approximately 120,000 male deaths and 59,000 female deaths) attributable to excessive alcohol use, making alcohol one of the leading preventable causes of death in the United States, behind tobacco, poor diet and physical inactivity, and illegal drugs.4,5
My mum’s alcoholic and sorry but if cocain is illegal alcohol shouldn’t be either.
I am not for drug prohibition at all. I don’t think it solves anything, but cocain isn’t worse than wiskey, they’re both fucking terrible.
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I simply don’t agree that alcohol is worse than cocaine. Cocaine can literally stop your heart from one line. And I have no interest in sussing out if that’s from impurities or whatever, it’s a very dangerous drug. Alcohol also can be deadly but it’s not for most people. Cocaine kills many times the number of people who use it compared to alcohol.
I would rather there be harm reduction measures rather than just making anything illegal that is deemed “bad”
onlyoneIbought@r.nf 2 hours ago
I agree with the last part at least