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Everyone agrees alcohol is a drug like any other but then treats it far more tolerantly. Suppose we had cocaine snorting games or heroin smoking games. I like my drugs and believe they should be legalised but our socially sanctioned, even socially expected, abuse of alcohol is rather ominous.

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Couldn’t agree more. Especially here in the UK where there’s a culture of basically getting as drunk as you can over the weekend and people sympathise when you come into work with a hangover

When I went to Ireland I found it kind of alarming how normalized alcoholism is there. We don’t have any shortage of a drinking culture in America, but from what I saw in Ireland it’s at an entirely different level.

> Suppose we had cocaine snorting games or heroin smoking games

Yes. Imagine.

I honestly don't know if that's agreement, disagreement or something else.

i've played "ketamine chicken" with a partner and a long mirror before, heh

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