I often hear people say "Alcohol is my drug of choice".
2007-03-04 05:25:37 · 15 answers · asked by sweenytodd 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Yes it is, same as tea and coffee. but all three are safe in moderation.
2007-03-04 05:28:28 · answer #1 · answered by Kickback 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Alcohol is legal, which is why it isnt considered an illegal drug. However the effects of alcohol can be more devestating than compared to an actual illegal drug. Alcohol effects every single one of your senses, because it basically numbs the brain, which is why when you are drunk, you cant really do anything. Give it time, I see another alcohol ban like they did way back in the early 1900's, because there are too many people that say stupid things like "alcohol is my drug of choice".
Its people who think its cool to be that way that have made it so that now a days a person can spend more jail time for a DWI as opposed to sexual assault.
2007-03-04 13:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by David K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is definitely a drug and causes more problems than most other drugs put together. I was brought up by somebody addicted to alcohol and am still suffering psychologically 25 after their death (from alcohol). Out of four of us siblings, two are alcoholics and we've all had our lives badly messed up by the way we were brought up and by what we went through during our childhood. Although I don't drink and have managed over the years to sort my life out, my life would have been a lot easier if I had not had all those problems to sort through in my twenties. Luckily I have been able to bring up my own children very differently and they are stable, well-rounded individuals. However, one of my sisters (who has drink problems) has been unable to do this, and her children are both suffering the consequences.
2007-03-04 13:37:39 · answer #3 · answered by debbie t 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im sure i have heard that if alcohol was invented now and brought out on to the market, it would be classed as a Class A drug, but as someone has mentioned, it is just more socially acceptable as it has been around for so long. (This is a really distant memory that i seem to remember!-not 100% sure!)
2007-03-04 13:43:48 · answer #4 · answered by Tina H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can become very addictive and in that sense yes it is a drug, I think very difficult to give up should you ever become an alcoholic.
2007-03-04 13:29:39 · answer #5 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most definitely !!! Any substance which has the potential to be addictive is classed as a drug.
2007-03-04 13:30:45 · answer #6 · answered by biggi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, when abused. Drug is everything what can make your mind go out of the normality
2007-03-04 13:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by Fipa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes & it's one that needs care, but it's legal. They do say that if it hadn't been discovered before modern drugs legislation, that it would have been an illegal drug, as it was once in the USA.
http://prohibition.osu.edu/content/why_prohibition.cfm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_(drugs)
2007-03-04 13:51:58 · answer #8 · answered by funnelweb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure about it being a drug but it certainly addictive.
2007-03-04 13:54:43 · answer #9 · answered by taxed till i die,and then some. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is anything that your body can become addicited to is a drug natural or not
2007-03-04 13:48:11 · answer #10 · answered by leschal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a mind altering substance, so I would say yes.
2007-03-04 13:28:21 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋