> To you and others - i didn't know it's not a drug. It was my opinion, apparently wrong. Thanks for clarifications! Will do beers only on fridays then!
But it's not an opinion, it was a factually incorrect statement. There is a distinction.
The only reasons people categorize the two as different are societal, cultural, and legal. Not by any empirical, scientific standard.
In the end it is a chemical that has an intoxicating, mind altering effect on the body. Which is, by definition, a drug.
Acting as though alcohol is somehow "not a drug" or that alcohol addiction is somehow distinct from "drug addiction" is unproductive at best, lethal at worst.
But it's not an opinion, it was a factually incorrect statement. There is a distinction.
The only reasons people categorize the two as different are societal, cultural, and legal. Not by any empirical, scientific standard.
In the end it is a chemical that has an intoxicating, mind altering effect on the body. Which is, by definition, a drug.
Acting as though alcohol is somehow "not a drug" or that alcohol addiction is somehow distinct from "drug addiction" is unproductive at best, lethal at worst.