What makes (consumable!) alcohol so dangerous is its function as a beta blocker, which can deal cumulative damage to your brain and heart especially when combined with beta blocker medications.
Obviously damage to liver as well.
If people drank responsibly (say, a couple beers on the weekend or wine with dinner etc.) this would probably not be a problem but it is addictive so people rarely do drink so responsibly.
I think people tend to overlook other effects of alcohol unless they've seen someone abuse it, fall into alcoholism, develop dementia and then Alzheimer's despite warnings for decades from their doctors, and die.
That's not me saying I think it's as bad as any of these drugs of course, but it's good to have the information that tends to be overlooked IMO.
What makes (consumable!) alcohol so dangerous is its function as a beta blocker, which can deal cumulative damage to your brain and heart especially when combined with beta blocker medications.
Obviously damage to liver as well.
If people drank responsibly (say, a couple beers on the weekend or wine with dinner etc.) this would probably not be a problem but it is addictive so people rarely do drink so responsibly.
I think people tend to overlook other effects of alcohol unless they've seen someone abuse it, fall into alcoholism, develop dementia and then Alzheimer's despite warnings for decades from their doctors, and die.
That's not me saying I think it's as bad as any of these drugs of course, but it's good to have the information that tends to be overlooked IMO.