• Gigan@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        There are lots of drugs worse than alcohol. Meth, fentanyl, or heroine for example.

        Alcohol is worse than marijuana though.

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          9 months ago

          Worse is a subjective term. Alcohol causes more deaths per year (140,000+) than all other drug overdose deaths combined (~103,000). Alcohol also has significant long term health impact for even light users. I think what’s truly the worst is how normalized alcohol use and abuse is in American society.

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          9 months ago

          Fun fact: withdrawal from alcohol can and frequently does kill people.

          Withdrawal from meth doesn’t kill people and it’s uncommon for people to die from opiate withdrawal.

          Alcohol is a horrible drug.