User blog comment:Mrdaimion/Serious Sam - Issue 2 - Alcohol/@comment-2021069-20120313030401/@comment-1874924-20120313043742

I don't think anyone within sight of the mainstream is seriously advocating banning alcohol, nor imposing restrictions that would amount to a ban. Even laying other considerations aside, it's just too easy to produce on a personal or cottage industry scale. That said, binge drinking (parodied in "Basic Straining" as you may recall, with sandwiches standing in for booze and Courtney having one too many) is a serious health and safety problem at colleges across the country, and I suspect those hamhanded PSAs are aimed mainly at the binge drinking culture.

As for other drugs, I once heard (although this was quite a few years ago, so my info may be out of date) that the main obstacle to legalizing marijuana is the lack of a reliable roadside test for it.

I rarely drink alcohol, mainly because it can make me ill in relatively small quantities. (But a good hot buttered rum is worth it!) I generally have the best tolerance for white wine and liqueurs (which, for those of you who don't know, are relatively tame and very flavorful distilled spirits). I'm also fond of mead--the drink of the Vikings--which is essentially wine made from honey instead of grapes. Beer is the worst for me; a single beer can make me queasy, and if that wasn't bad enough, I don't even like the taste.

I did get drunk once in high school. On an unsupervised sleepover at a friend's house, we raided his father's scotch on the reasoning that said father wouldn't miss one bottle. We and a second friend polished off a fifth (about 750 ml, for those of you on the metric system) among the three of us. Yes, I puked (albeit several hours later) but was spared a hangover.