Alcohol CAN be dangerous.

But you really gotta try to poison yourself with it. Its addictive powers are considerably less and take longer to hook you.
And traditional beers (or ciders) are less likely to cause addiction in themselves. Wines and spirits and the new fangled tradition of strong beers and ciders is a worrying trend.
And being legal is more controlled, therefore less adulterated.

Anyone ever got anthrax from beer?

Like all these statistics - yes "more than" IS a statistic - it is meaningless without the measurement conditions and context. But that doesn't stop barrack room lawyers.