OrFan":25hyufly said:
They got it wrong, in my opinion. How can they not see that driving under the influence of alcohol is far more serious than smoking pot? Alcohol is the most violent drug there is. More people are killed involving someone who is drunk than all other drugs combined. They really need to wake up!
And yes, alcohol is a drug. Anyone who says it is not is not using their brain. It is a chemical that alters the brain's function - a drug.
I think the NFL is attempting to stumble along as best it can in the environment it finds itself in from day to day.
Alcohol, marijuana and drug use is state sponsored and intertwined in western culture. The addictions are multifaceted and include financial addictions. State sponsorship and their benefactors are not going away.
Here, for your review, is a dependency link to a monthly allocation of liquor revenue to cities, counties, state general fund, mental health alcoholism & drug services account and city revenue sharing for the month of July 2014 as published by the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. >>>> [urltargetblank]http://www.olcc.state.or.us/pdfs/MonthlyAllocationOfRevenue.pdf[/urltargetblank]
Reliable DUI revenues, on the other hand, are a huge mystery. Lots of hands dipping into that big undocumented revenue stream. Very limited disclosure wherever lawyers gather is common.
And of course, there are many other interest groups that realize financial benefit and are dependent on the addictions of others. It is imbedded in the fabric of American society.
In much of the world, state sponsored alcohol and drug dependency is an all to common policy. It doesn't surprise me that the NFL is struggling at coexisting with it.
