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Alcohol (as in ethanol) is the same as other drugs, both illegal, prescription and over-the-counter: use it properly without overdosing and it can be healthy. However, chronic alcoholism can cause a variety of disorders. Also, ethanol affects some liver enzymes, so if you drink alcohol, those enzymes "work" more (to put it in simple terms). However, if you take something else that needs those same enzymes, it won't work at the normal dosage based on your age, weight and gender. Those can be corrected for by giving more.

So, chronic alcoholism is bad. Taking too much can be bad, but taking only a bit from time-to-time can be healthy.

You cant fairly compare banning cars versus banning alcohol. Yes both are dangerous if misused or too much (drive too much, fall asleep and die/crash). But, taking a bit for a long time is bad if it's alcohol, NOT if it's car, irons, etc... . There's the difference.