And for the modern day drug sold at every corner a.k.a. coffee
Which contains the alkaloid, caffeine!
But surely you jest! Of course, you allude to hashish and opium.
No, the word "alcohol" (like many English words starting with "al") is of Arabic origin.
alright then!
Actually, al-cohol roughly means "the blue", referring to the blue tint of many alcohol-based make-ups used in the Near East in ancient and medieval times.
The word, yes, but the etymology is more related to the idea of alcohol being an 'essence' of something.