>>>BTW, in my faith, use of both alcohol and drugs are strictly forbidden.
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>>Alcohol is a drug. There's no way around that.
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>I agree 100% on this point; I didn't express myself correctly here. It should say "alcohol and other drugs".
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>Hilmar.

Alcohol is a drug, but is often distinguished from other drugs because of its original use in making water safe to consume, in those regions where boiling water to make it safe (and adding leaves, herbs or roasted beans for taste - also drugs) had not been discovered.