Most Harmful Drug?

This morning, while I was writing my Strategic Management paper I was watching CNN. According to an European study, Alcohol is the most harmful drug. 

<http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/01/alcohol.harm/index.html>

So I'm thinking.. this is still legal? How many lives it kills, how many lives it ruins, how many households are broken, and how many marriages fail due to alcohol. but then again, it's socially acceptable. You know what else is socially acceptable, racism and bullying. Everyday you can see some type of racism or bullying, and yet you also see plenty of new stations doing stories of, "Cyber bullying and Bullying" need to stop. And then the commercial break will be some Political Figure verbally abusing their competition to gain popularity and votes. But then again it's alright for adult to bully each other.. it's more mature, right?

Then when you try to explain this to people who are "political" they say it's just, POLITICS. I hate that answer, it's just politics? and then they go on about how you can't change that and you just have to go with it… I find it very funny that they say that, because then they go off to hide in a little booth to mark a check on a ballot. For what? to try and change something? Let's be honest, does voting really change things? may be on a small scale, but on a large scale? you can't be serious, I mean how many deceased people end up voting every year? that's a statistic I would love to see. Or as we all remember, how many votes do NOT get counted every year? 

Just something to think about on this chilly November 1st morning.

Alastar Swift

PS. Hmm interesting you don't find Cannabis or Psychedelics on that "most harmful" list