“No, alcohol is not a narcotic it’s a:
“Medication”
ô¿ô - Medication is a substance and only associated with the use or application of a medicine. There are no legitimate nor any proven medical needs for alcohol use what-so-ever.
Though the wine industry would have you think otherwise, concerning good foods for the heart, but it’s mostly the GRAPES in the wine that benefit your heart. There are well over 60 medical conditions related to moderate or excessive alcohol use. See the Great Wine Myth.
Any plus for wine as a medicinal should be recognized along with the other long term side effects of alcohol’s use and potential abuse.
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“No, alcohol is not a narcotic it’s a:”
“Depressant”
ô¿ô – Yes, we agree and to add that “Other depressant drugs include barbiturates and opiates (e.g., heroin). “ (Per the AMA Letter)
Alcohol clearly fits into the category of barbiturates, some that are prescribed and some that are illegal. Here’s a list of side effects from barbiturates: (Note how close alcohol is to bartiturate use effects in this list) – LINK HERE
“The adverse physical health effects of barbiturates may include:”
- Sedation and somnolence
- Decreased attention span
- Memory impairment
- Impaired thinking
- Decreased blood pressure and heart rate
- Fainting
- Nausea and vomiting
- Impaired motor coordination
- Slurred speech
- Impaired memory and judgment
- Stupor, coma
These are just the medical health effects. The mental ones concerning withdrawal from alcohol are equal to or worse than heroin. (Per the APA)
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“No, alcohol is not a narcotic because it’s:
“Legal”
"Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.” Abbie Hoffman
ô¿ô - We admit that “narcotic” is an ambiguous word. Its definition has been used and misused by differing agendas or cultural choices, mostly concerning interdiction.
Some government agencies call heroin, marijuana, crack and all illegal hard drugs as “narcotics”. The AMA categorizes alcohol a narcotic type of drug but government agencies give alcohol its own category.
Illegal drugs are all considered “controlled dangerous substances”. It should therefore be acceptable to say that alcohol must be an “uncontrolled dangerous substance”.
The differentiating between legal and illegal drugs only ignores the substance of the issues.
Sure, alcohol is a legal drug for those 21 years or older but you wouldn’t know that with how easily it is obtained by our youth or how many parents actually provide this drug to their children.
If heroin had become the “legal”, “socially acceptable”, “drug of choice” would you want it advertised to your children? Would you sponsor a neighborhood “shoot-up” for teens because you’d “rather have them using heroin at home?”
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