You would be given only a small supply at a time. You would be cautioned to watch for potentially serious side effects, and advised to discontinue its use if you experienced any. Your dosage would be carefully monitored, and you would be watched for signs of abuse or addiction. It is addictive. It carries no warning labels, and its manufacturers spend millions yearly to promote its use.
Most individuals can tolerate one standard drink per hour with no significant impairment.
1.25 oz rum, rye, scotch, brandy, gin, vodka, etc. These complex functions are more sensitive to alcohol than the brain stem functions of respiration or heart rate. Therefore judgment and self control are the first abilities to be suppressed by alcohol. This blood vessel expansion leads to loss of body heat, while producing a feeling of added warmth. Hyperthermia can occur in cool water as well as cool air.