this.

Oh Irish Whiskey, it's been too long.

"Maybe not tragic that it's legal, but tragic things happen because of people being allowed to do dumb things"

Peolple being "allowed" to do stupid things is called freedom. You can't prohibit everything that might one day be negative due to a poor decision by people. You can't fix stupid, either.

My sympathies for your friend. I'm not being callous, drunk driving is probably THE most irresponsible thing a person can do. I'm for better education and stiffer penalties for reckless abusers, but not prohibition of the substances.