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Alcohol is the root of 62 diseases and a partial cause of dozens more (hsph.harvard.edu)

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

In theory, cocaine, opiates, etc. too. It's just that our culture does not fearmonger about "ethanol addiction", does not call "drinking" a slang term of junkies, and you cannot go to the shop to buy "Wallstreet Rush Hour", "Businessmen's salad", or "Charlie's Home-made Snowstorm".