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because those other things, on the whole, do not destroy people and their families in as acute a manner as alcohol and alcoholism do.

Then make that argument, and leave the cancer argument, which is easily knocked down, aside.

What are you asserting?

That the "cancer" argument about alcohol is special pleading.

What would motivate false claims that alcohol correlates with cancer incidence?

I didn't say the science is wrong, I said the argument is special pleading.

What is special pleading? I’m a native speaker and think you are too but have no idea what you’re saying.

You can just Google the term.

On the other hand, what exactly is freedom?

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.