I note your...idyllic bent...but getting drunk is *exactly* what a large cohort of males or females intend to do. They know there's going to be consequences, but like the reckless gamblers they are, they think it will all be good.

Alcohol, beyond the initial 'high' of induced state, rapidly deteriorates into an incredibly moronic enabler.

Alcohol has its uses, some of them quite remarkable and wonderful in mixed company, but since society has forbidden many 'high' inducing drugs, we're stuck with a sledgehammer.