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To: Bill who wrote (714643)	11/22/2005 10:42:14 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"Drugs are illegal in every country on earth. Alcohol isn't." Neither of those claims is true. Some drugs are illegal in some places (including alcohol). In other places some may not be illegal.

To: Bill who wrote (714643)	11/22/2005 10:59:04 AM
From: tonto	Respond to of 769670

Wrong. Alcohol is a legalized drug. Alcohol is probably mankind's oldest drug. Surely, it is the oldest legal drug of abuse. Al-kohl is Arabic for finely ground antimony used as eye liner, and it came to mean any exotic essence. Over the years, physicians have prescribed it as a tranquilizer, sedative or hypnotic. This is because this drug is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant. Although alcohol is currently recognized as an official drug in the British and U.S. Pharmacopoeias, the various alcoholic beverages as such are no longer listed for medical use. Alcohol is toxicologically important, not only as a poison in its own right, but because it is freely available and potentiates the CNS depressant effects of other psychotropic drugs. Today, alcoholism is considered as a disease. It is in fact a complex series of physiological, psychological and sociological disorders. The following excerpts from the National Geographic magazine aptly describe this chemical. Raising a glass of alcohol is one of mankind's most distinctive rituals. For many, alcohol loosens the tongue and tightens the hands of friendship. Yet alcohol can also exert nearly satanic power: It ruins lives, destroys families, kills thousands on the highway. Each year more is known about this Jekyll and Hyde of the drug world. But alcohol is still a riddle that every culture attempts to solve in its own way.