As much as we try to separate alcohol from other drugs by saying ‘alcohol and drugs’ (which makes no actual sense: it’s like saying ‘foxgloves and flowers’ or ‘BMWs and cars’), alcohol is a drug. We already know it kills 24 people a day in the UK, that it’s a carcinogen that can directly cause eight different cancers and that it is actively bad for you, even in the smallest amounts. Even moderate drinking shrinks your brain.
