Jon Freeman, you wrote

" ....a good start would be to broaden your own narrow perspective and realise alcohol is a drug ..."

Nice try to be totally negative and derogatory, but not accepted I'm afraid. Of course we all know that alcohol is a drug, but the article you clickied me to refers to "drug and alcohol use" and "...taken drugs, drunk alcohol and smoked" - thus differentiating between these activities for discussion purposes. As I would expect anybody involved in the discussion to do - it's a communication thing.

That my children drink socially is one of the "evils" visited on them by me as a parent by example. The facts of not doing religion and not smacking children would be considered by many as "evils" as well. It's a funny old world.....

Cheers, Terry