Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Yes, misuse or abuse. It is of massive benefit to the alcohol industry to refer to alcohol and then refer to drugs as something separate. Alcohol is a drug, no matter how difficult that might be for people to hear. It is a mind-altering substance. How one deals with it and regulates the substance does not make it something else. We need to keep saying that alcohol is a drug. It is a bit like talking about baguettes and bread, because baguettes are bread. I never heard anyone putting them in a separate category, unless of course it is the baguette marketing company.