For me, its a matter of government controlling what I do, They allow me to consume alcohol and smoke cigarettes but won't allow me to smoke marijuana. Makes no sense. How about just regulate the behaviors that are criminal like you do with alcohol and let me make those decisions for myself?
The same people who are calling for marijuana to be illegal; why aren't they calling for alcohol to be illegal?
--An estimated 88,0008 people (approximately 62,000 men and 26,000 women8) die from alcohol-related causes annually,
making alcohol the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
--In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities).
--The prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) in the United States was estimated by the Institute of Medicine in 1996 to be between 0.5 and 3.0 cases per 1,000
--In 2015, of the 78,529 liver disease deaths among individuals ages 12 and older, 47.0 percent involved alcohol. Among males, 49,695 liver disease deaths occurred and 49.5 percent involved alcohol. Among females, 28,834 liver disease deaths occurred and 43.5 percent involved alcohol.29
--Among all cirrhosis deaths in 2013, 47.9 percent were alcohol related. The proportion of alcohol-related cirrhosis was highest (76.5 percent) among deaths of persons ages 25–34, followed by deaths of persons ages 35–44, at 70.0 percent.30
--In 2009, alcohol-related liver disease was the primary cause of almost 1 in 3 liver transplants in the United States.31
--Drinking alcohol increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx, larynx, liver, and breast.
