Reply #68: No, it isn't any worse

[sandnsea]

It's simply socially acceptable, and legal. It isn't any better either, btw.

You make all drugs as legal as alcohol, and you will see the same problems, only the culprit will be a drug instead of the booze.

One last thing, there are some drugs that are so much more damaging than alcohol. Alcohol is usually a long slow suicide. Some drugs, like meth or crack, do the same damage, but much much faster. They also screw up the brain much more, making 100% recovery very unlikely. Alcohol can do that too, but again, it takes so much longer. There have usually been a lot of "bottoms" before permanent damage is done with alcohol. Not so true of drugs. Decriminalization is not the 100% answer.