Do you consider alcohol a drug?
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Alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. It is rapidly absorbed from the stomach and small intestine, passes into the bloodstream, and is then widely distributed throughout the body. The effects of alcohol on the body are directly related to the amount consumed. In small amounts, alcohol can have a relaxing effect. Adverse effects of alcohol, can include impaired judgment, reduced reaction time, slurred speech, and unsteady gait (i.e., difficulty walking); When consumed rapidly and in large amounts, alcohol can also result in coma and death. In addition, alcohol can interact with a number of prescription and non-prescription medications in ways that can intensify the effect of alcohol, of the medications themselves, or both. Furthermore, alcohol use by pregnant women, can cause serious damage to the developing fetus.\nSO YES IT IS A DRUG.
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Actually, yes I do. I took a class on drugs and drug dependency years ago, and I was really stunned at how many problems are caused by alcohol, yet it's legal. It can't be just a health issue, or cigarettes would be illegal, too. It's all politics.....
812341
Alcohol is in alcohol.  Ethanol.  The water and fruit juice and all that stuff is pretty benign (but will make you fat if you drink too much of it.)\n\nAlcohol in moderate quantities is not a problem.  Excessive alcohol can cause problems with your liver, heart, brain, judgment, driving, etc.
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Well, I've read that a drink(wine or beer) or two a day is actually good for your heart. Marijuana is helpful to some people who are being treated with chemotherapy or people with glaucoma. But moderation is the key with anything. In my opinion, alcohol is just as dangerous or even more so than alot of the other drugs that are illegal. Heck, alcohol is the only one where the withdrawls can actually kill you as oppose to any other drug.
740805
Alcohol and I never looked back. Am now a recovering alcoholic and marijuana never entered my mind. The legalization, availability & social acceptance of alcohol makes it a much more threatening problem.
975268
Drugs is basically something that alters the chemistry in your body.  Depending on what type of drugs they can help or hurt the body.
1046835
Did you drink any alcohol? You aren't supposed to drink and take meds.
1123790
alcohol is a drug, smoking is a drug....it depends on the doses you put in your body to see which damaging effect is worse...plus they target different areas of your body : alcohol the liver, smoking the lungs - plus it'd depend on which tissue is able to withstand more of the drug...you can't outright assume one affects your body in a more detrimental way than the other...
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Well like most people i have used it in the past  as well as booze.Those days are over.But when i was under the influence of pot, i was mild mannered, relaxed, and could get along with anyone.With booze, well, sometimes i'd be nice, sometimes mean, sometimes goofy and sometimes all of the above! Most others would tell  you the same thing\nI have never understood how one can be legal and the other illegal, espeicaly when alcohol is the legal one out of the two and it cause's a person to do far more crazier things than what pot does.In the words of Jesse Ventura, "Give a man a joint and a Jimi Hendrix tape and he will go to a corner and leave you alone,.How many drunks leave people alone?"
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your`e on drugs ,\nright ?
738032
I just wish somebody would define "sin".  The Bible does advise us against drinking too much - but is it a sin or just a really bad idea?  Of course, anything you do to hurt somebody else while intoxicated is wrong.  We do tend to hurt others when we drink too much, so I think that drinking too much leads to "sinning".  Perhaps drinking isn't wrong in itself, but drinking when you know that it has lead you to hurt others in the past is wrong.
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Depends greatly on your medication. It is ALWAYS a good idea to ask your doctor about possible drug interactions with alcohol.  It should also say on the side effects issued to you by the pharmacist.
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Yes. But having said that, I'm an alcoholic.
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Alcohol is a sedative drug. It is a CNS depressant that paradoxically seems to act as a stimulant by depressing the levels of judgement -- even to being able to tell how tired we are.\n\nThis sedating effect, reducing anxieties and inducing relaxation when taken in small quantities, has been valuable throughout the history of Western civilization. Problems occur when it is responded to with "if a little is good, a lot is better" outlook.\n\nWikipedia:\n"Note that many sedative agents are cross-tolerant with alcohol (meaning that these agents can be taken instead of alcohol to relieve withdrawal symptoms or to maintain the level of sedation provided by alcohol). A more general diagnosis than alcohol dependence is that of sedative dependence. Whether an individual uses alcohol or another sedative, if they meet the criteria above, the process is likely the same." (1)\n\nTranquilizer, drug, and alcohol comparison:\n"Minor tranquilizers seem to have direct depressant effects on brain areas that regulate wakefulness and alertness, very similar in effect to alcohol and sedative barbiturates. They enhance the action of receptors that inhibit central nervous system stimulation, and conversely, inhibit the action of receptors that stimulate the nervous system." (2)
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Unfortunately, with alcohol, especially drinks that are NOT beer, after two drinks, you are legally drunk. If you drink every day, you have a drinking problem.
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Drugs are substances that cause a physical or mental change in your body. If they are used therapeutically, they get classed as pharmaceuticals.
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Although the use of crack has been proven to be most detrimental, bipolar disorders usually manifest themselves earlier in life and are unrelated. I would say that any type of drug usage (including alcohol) would not be wise for someone diagnosed as being bipolar.