intoxicants

Avoiding alcohol and other intoxicants is the fifth of the “Five Precepts” that form the basic moral code of Buddhism.

Buddhist group protests, symbolically seals Buddha Bar in Indonesia 2009

Their punishment will be the natural consequences of their choice in intoxicants, whether that be loss of job, spouse, or general sloth.

Matthew Yglesias » More Punishment, Less Prison 2009

“Their punishment will be the natural consequences of their choice in intoxicants, whether that be loss of job, spouse, or general sloth”

Matthew Yglesias » More Punishment, Less Prison 2009

They steeped themselves in intoxicants, wrote nihilistic poetry, had bare knuckle brawls, and sodomized each other.

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But those people can't be prosecuted for drunken driving because the substances aren't defined as intoxicants under the law.

unknown title 2009

But those people can't be prosecuted for drunken driving because the substances aren't defined as intoxicants under the law.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Local News 2009

But those people can't be prosecuted for drunken driving because the substances aren't defined as intoxicants under the law.

unknown title 2009

State law prohibits the names of "intoxicants" on license plates, but Eurick, who has had the plate for 10 years, said most people in the largely Mormon state were puzzled, not offended, by it.

Mormons in the news shunn 2007

State law prohibits the names of "intoxicants" on license plates, but Eurick, who has had the plate for 10 years, said most people in the largely Mormon state were puzzled, not offended, by it.

Mormons in the news shunn 2007

The mores of our urban and rural populations are not the same; consequently legislation about intoxicants which is made by one of these sections of the population does not succeed when applied to the other.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926