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by peoplefromibiza 797 days ago
> But they'd all die and then alcohol would be back at number one.

agree.

Being a "slow killer" makes alcohol much more appealing to the general population.

And, of course, less dangerous in general.

Let's put it this way: if alcohol killed at the same rate of heavy drugs, we would not encounter many old people abusing it.