People associate alcohol with marijuana, cocaine and other illegal drugs. Technically, this statement is correct because any substance that can change the function of the body is a drug. ... Denouncing alcohol as a "drug" may underestimate the use of illegal drugs; therefore, encouraging other drug use, especially among teenagers. ... Therefore, this misguided effort to associate alcohol with illegal drugs is not likely to be efficient. ... Others might argue that education is not enough to solve underage drinking because teenagers are too ignorant to understand the effects of alcohol; theref...

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Consumed in excess, alcohol is poisonous to the human system and is considered a drug. ... Many law-enforcement agencies regard a .08 percentage of alcohol in the bloodstream as evidence of intoxication. ... Alcohol is a drug and as with a lot of drugs it is a poisonous substance, the more you drink and the more often you drink the more you expose your body and mind to health risks. ... Benzodiazepines are antianxiety drugs used to treat withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety and poor sleep and to prevent seizures and delirium. ...

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According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, "Alcohol is the most commonly used and abused drug among the youth in the Unites States.... Wolfson) This not only shows the lack of severity in which our own enforcers take this act but also displays the perception that under aged drinking; mostly ages 18-20, is not worth the trouble of processing further legal actions. ... Also there have been many cases in which an experimental drug works on rats but fails to work when incorporated into human trials. ... When drugs, are exploited and abused there will be serious repercussions ...

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Consumed in excess, alcohol is poisonous to human systems and is considered a drug. ... Many law-enforcement agencies regard a .08 percentage of alcohol in the bloodstream as evidence of intoxication. ...

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