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Re:A drug that cures alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety... by blenderdt on Saturday April 16, 2022 @02:38AM (#31050130)
Multiple studies have shown that alcohol sits in the top two of most destructive harddrugs for both the user and the user's surrounding. And still we can buy it everywhere.

Like you say: the drinking culture must change.

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Re:A drug that cures alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety... by alar44 on Saturday April 16, 2022 @06:57PM (#31056852)
> the drinking culture must change.

Why? Because a small fraction of people can't handle alcohol? If you don't want to drink, don't. But don't tell me how to live.

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Re:A drug that cures alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety... by zbentley on Sunday April 17, 2022 @12:23AM (#31058481)
You are very lucky to have never experienced addiction.

That's an assumption. If you have, and still believe the above, then your ethics may be obscuring your compassion or pragmatism.

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Re:A drug that cures alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety... by blenderdt on Sunday April 17, 2022 @06:06AM (#31059779)
You are missing the point.

Most people think slapping a line of coke on a kids birthday is not done, but drinking alcohol is. But alcohol is 3 times as destructive as coke.

And I also think the minority of people can't handle alcohol but most people can hide this.

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Re:A drug that cures alcoholism may be the next anti-anxiety... by alar44 on Sunday April 17, 2022 @10:56AM (#31061277)
You're missing the point. A kids birthday isn't a fun place to do coke. Coke goes with sex, dancing, mingling with strangers.
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