Not enough can be said to counter the televised brainwashing that presents alcohol as life-enhancing.
Alcohol is slow poison to all living cells.
Alcohol is not safe at any level of dosage, not for the fetus, not for teenagers, not for anyone. It is very likely that drinkers who are not physically addicted are at least psychologically dependent on the changes in mood, thinking, and behavior that result from drinking. Alcohol, if it were evaluated under the same criteria as applied to heroin and LSD, would undoubtedly be a controlled substance because of its high addictive potential and the massive economic and social damage it causes. If alcohol were a person, it would be called an outrageous, insane criminal. 100,000 deaths each year are caused or associated with alcohol.