I'm happy to see this! One of the basic arguments made by today's temperance movement is that the distiction between the (legal) addictive, brain-damaging drug alcohol and other (illegal) brain-damaging drugs is an artificial legalism not grounded either in physiology or in behavior. Alcohol is a drug, and it should be treated the same as other recreational drugs.

>From: Ron Roizen <[log in to unmask]>

>Reply-To: Alcohol and Temperance History Group <[log in to unmask]>

>To: [log in to unmask]

>Subject: alcohol & drugs...

>Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 15:55:55 -0700

>Listmates,

>In another context, I once scribbled out some thoughts on the merger of

>alcohol & drugs into a common frame. A respected colleague commented

>privately that it was a paper that went nowhere -- and I had to agree.

>Anyhow, here it is, FYI, if any...

>http://www.roizen.com/ron/merger.htm

>Ron