I’m pretty sure it’s a global issue aka let’s get all of humanity on board with not running full speed into essentially the apocalypse.

Yeah legalizing less harmful drugs will definitely help. Unfortunately a lot of the world is still fully under the influence of 1960’s propaganda.

A drug is any chemical substance that alters the way your mind or body functions. This broad definition includes everyday items like caffeine and prescription medications, as well as over-the-counter remedies and illegal substances. Alcohol is a drug.

Alcohol is a drug that causes harm, more harm than most illegal substances. Alcohol is ranked between heroin and cocaine. Link

Although this UK study has it ranked above heroine and cocaine Link

Of course it being legal and available is a contributing factor, but there’s just better substances we could choose to make the chosen legal recreational drug for society.

Maybe we should criminalize more harmful drugs and make less harmful drugs legal?

I want to read this in Marvin’s voice from HHTTG

Our brains were not evolved for any of this. The modern world is very alien compared to the mundane life of hunter gatherers.