Drugs in this category include LSD, Ecstasy, heroin, cocaine and cannabis. There are also more common social drugs such as alcohol and tobacco, and some religions would also put tea, coffee and other similar items in this category as drugs to be avoided. Arguments about drugs are important in religion because they concern the possible harming or ending of life by human hands rather than by God's will. The rate of decrease has slowed in recent years. Drinking large quantities of alcohol increases the risk of raised blood pressure, strokes, some forms of heart disease, cancers and cirrhosis of the liver.
Women generally drink far less than men.
Three-quarters of these were men and over half the people were in their twenties. Move on Islam is opposed to the use of any drugs except for those which are medically prescribed. So turn wholly away from each of them that you may prosper. Satan desires only to create enmity and hatred between you by means of intoxicants and gambling and to keep you back from the remembrance of Allah and from Prayer.