Both alcohol and drugs have the power to intoxicate. Their effects are almost the same, in the end, both get people high making them do things they wouldn't do on a normal day.
Under the effects of alcohol, people do crazy things, under the effects of drugs people still do crazy things, the end result is the same. Alcohol is bad and taking hard drugs is also bad, we shouldn't deceive ourselves or let anyone do so.
If alcohol doesn't get you high, a tiny sip can get another person drunk, if doing drugs doesn't intoxicate you, a little sniff of cocaine can get another person out of his mind.
Our body systems work differently, that is why both drugs and alcohol were invented. If one doesn't work, the other will surely do at the end of the day.
Truth be told, drugs are more potent than alcohol, the effect is fast and more intense but none of them is better. Both do harm to anyone who consumes them.
When you even go to the side effects both of them pose serious threats to our health, alcohol damages livers, and drugs also affect the liver and other vital organs of the body. They both can also be addictive.
You may think alcohol is harmless until you see someone under its influence. In my opinion, since both of these substances pose a serious threat to people and society at large, the government should fight them both.
But unfortunately, most countries fight drugs but say nothing about alcohol which has the same potency as drugs when consumed in high quantity.
I have seen good men turn into devils to their wives when they consume alcohol, elders throw their Respects away when they consume alcohol, people say things they shouldn't when they are under the influence of alcohol, people dare things they normally wouldn't when they are being intoxicated by alcohol.
Is it not the same thing drugs do? I think it's not fair to ban only drugs and exclude alcohol. It's just like saying, don't eat raw palm oil but you can cook with it.
If I have the power, I'll ban alcohol the same way drugs are banned without a second thought. I can't say this will bring a complete transformation to the society but I am sure everyone will testify about the change when that bill is passed into law.
I can't imagine how many shattered homes would be brought back together. Love will return to many homes. Those of you who have seen husbands or wives who are drunkards will understand what I am talking about very well.
I have a neighbor who loves his wife so much, that he talks about her everywhere he has the opportunity but he has a little problem, he is a drunkard, any day he mistakenly drinks, he comes back home and beats the hell out of his wife, call her names and threaten to divorce her.
When the effect of the alcohol is gone the next day, he comes and apologizes and he does this anytime he drinks. When he is not drunk he is a calm and nice man but whenever he drinks, he becomes a beast.
All these things are enough for me to say a big "No" to alcohol. If our government does something about it, it will do us good, in fact, it will even help some people grow financially.
