>It has one of the worst withdrawals of any drug.

They don't chain up copper on job-sites because alcoholics are looking for something to steal and sell for a fix.

I don't understand your comment.

Withdrawal from alcohol can cause fits and even death. It's severe. That's why, during covid lockdowns, stores selling alcohol were often allowed to remain open.

Acquisitive crime has nothing to do with how dangerous withdrawal is. It's mostly about how expensive the drug is and how much is needed. Alcohol is dirt cheap.

Water is a dangerous drug. Sudden withdrawal of water can result in death with 3 days. Over the years, millions of people have died of withdrawal effects. Wars have been fought over it. It’s dirt cheap on the street - You could regularly find sellers hawking it for a dollar outside of sports events.

Ban water.

Water is not a drug. It's essential to life. You can live without alcohol or other drugs, you can't live without water.

A drug is defined to enhance physical or mental well being.

Water maintains physical or mental well being just like food and oxygyen.

Please find somewhere else to make Reddit-tier trolling comments, thank you.

Someone can get drunk all day for $10. The only reason dependents of criminalized drugs can't get away with $10/day is because black market pricing is so much higher. Alcoholics would be notorious for thieving too if alcohol retail prices were as dramatically inflated over production costs as they are for opioids or stimulants.

They absolutely do.

Homeless people people spend money on alcohol instead of food.