There is a better product / drug already:
It's called GHB, is endogenous to the body, has similar effects like alcohol, but is less toxic.
It's called GHB, is endogenous to the body, has similar effects like alcohol, but is less toxic.
https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ghb/ghb_health.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma-Hydroxybutyric_acid#Adve...
I didn't hear the parent claim that GHB was completely safe. There is plenty of evidence, however, that it is safer and less toxic than ethanol.
However, life-threatening acute toxicity is easier to accidentally attain than with alcohol, because of the lower active dose and absence of harsh digestive reactions like alcohol tends to cause before acute poisoning. This makes alcohol compatible with reckless party settings, where GHB would become very dangerous.
Concerning the addiction potential, comparing GHB and alcohol is like comparing two genocides of two types of plagues: they both suck.
As for the whole 'date rape' argument, it really shows an excessive media demonization based on a few isolated cases, as opposed to the non-stop global catastrophe of date rapes caused by alcohol. I suppose nobody talks about those because, well, "it's nothing out of the ordinary".
Yeah I'm going to call bullshit on that unless you provide a source. The interesting thing about GHB is that it is less toxic in higher doses, but I've never read that it's lethal in low doses.
The girl had previous (voluntary) experience with the drug and managed to lock herself in the toilet before passing out. I found her with with several bruises over her face after we broke down the door. The guy was beaten, robbed and left in a bush and that's were we found him. Because I served both their drinks over the night I knew they didn't consume 'too much' alcohol, the girl claimed she could tell the GHB from both the smell(?) of her drink and effect it had on her.
As far as I know, it's therapeutic index is similar to the one of alcohol.