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[1] The U.S. government has argued that illegal drugs are "far more deadly than alcohol" saying "although alcohol is used by seven times as many people as drugs, the number of deaths induced by those substances is not far apart. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), during 2000, there were 15,852 drug-induced deaths ...
Current required warning labels on alcohol sold in the U.S. say: "GOVERNMENT WARNING: (1) According to the Surgeon General, women should not drink alcoholic beverages during pregnancy because of ...
Either the more harmful drug should be made illegal or the less harmful drug should be made legal. That assumes that the harm caused by a substance is the only criterion upon which a prohibition decision is made, without regard to other intervening variables, and imposes an artificial measurement of "harm", based on the chemical itself.
LSD is illegal for possession under Health and Safety Code 11377. LSD is illegal for possession for sale under Health and Safety Code 11378. [7] All forms of peyote and its derivatives, including its active compound mescaline are Schedule 1 on the California Uniform Controlled Substances Act. [6]
Bryce Avalos, spokesman for the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, said Section 25658 of the California Business and Professions Code makes it completely illegal to provide ...
Whether directly or indirectly, the government began to increase the toxicity of industrial alcohol used to make illegal alcoholic beverages to discourage consumption. One prominent method, which ultimately lead to the death of thousands, was the use of methyl alcohol. This type of alcohol can be deadly even in small doses. [8]
A woman in California who was arrested on DUI charges has inadvertently proven that it is, technically, legal to get drunk and teach children.. Wendy Munson, a second-grade teacher at Nuestro ...
In the United States, open-container laws are U.S. state laws, rather than federal laws; thus they vary from state to state.. The majority of U.S. states and localities prohibit possessing or consuming an open container of alcohol in public places, such as on the street, while 24 states do not have statutes regarding the public consumption of alcohol. [1]