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[King Billy]

It has always been legal in the UK since the 18th centurary and doesnt involve criminal gangs running the Breweries. There is a lot of legislation for it through licensing imposing age limits and restrictions etc.

That does not answer morqthana's question. It's just a potted history of alcohol brewing.
He asked:

What actual justification is there for the sale and the use of alcohol to be legal?

Try to answer the question asked, not the one that you think was asked.

The same does not apply to recreational drug taking and would not be easily regulated at this point in its production and distribution network as it stands.

If alcohol can be regulated through legislation, why do you think recreational drugs couldn't be regulated?
Surely a lot of the regulation would be just extended to cover recreational drugs.
In some instances it already is, e.g. drink/drug driving.

 

[King Billy]

Morals and ethics are also part of it, similar to prostitution being illegal. Maybe you would like to see the UK become more like Amsterdam, I have no use for either vices.

Prostitution isn't illegal.
Wrong again.

 

[King Billy]

What makes alcohol a more moral drug than cannabis?

I'd like to see policy driven by rationality and intelligence, based on evidence and facts, that sort of thing.

Don't forget the pigeons and the pig wrestling.
Some people's comments are so imbecilic it's easy to get drawn in.