Why Is Alcohol Not Considered a Drug in the US?

Published July 10, 2013

Question by monkeymanx8: Why is alcohol not considered a drug in the US?
You can commonly here the phrase “drugs and alcohol”. Why is alcohol not a “drug”?

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Answer by Chris
Because the alcohol lobby has pushed for it to be so. The fact is though that alcohol is worse for you than basically any type of illegal drug besides like meth or heroin.

Answer by bbj1776
Because you pay a Federal & State Excise tax on it. It’s all about the money.

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