Is there any reason for having speed limits? Should speeding be treated any differently than marijuana possession? After all they only impact other people rarely. And some people are in a hurry.

Is there any reason for regulating gambling? No more than for speeding. Or marijuana use. Prostitution? No more than marijuana.

In other words you are right - alcohol should be banned. And just because it isn't doesn't mean that every other way man can find to harm himself should be unleashed, too.

The bottom line is that if your unadulterated brain is not comfortable, if you can't live in your own head without chemically messing it up, maybe you might want to learn how to do so without screwing it up or altering reality.

Really, those drugs are about as cowardly as a person can get. There's a life - live it, don't run. And drugs, alcohol included, are running. Been on both sides of this issue, myself, and the only folks extolling drugs have been on one side.