It's not patently illogical, it's just a matter of where you draw the line. People rarely call sucrose or fructose drugs, yet they're chemical compounds that you put into your body to alter your mood.
Not many people take sucrose to get impaired, the intent of an alcohol drinker (despite the protestations that they "like the taste", "are a wine connoisseur" or "drink socially") is to get drunk.
Tobacco users are simply addicted, and use the drug to return to a state of normality.
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It's not patently illogical, it's just a matter of where you draw the line. People rarely call sucrose or fructose drugs, yet they're chemical compounds that you put into your body to alter your mood.
Not many people take sucrose to get impaired, the intent of an alcohol drinker (despite the protestations that they "like the taste", "are a wine connoisseur" or "drink socially") is to get drunk.
Tobacco users are simply addicted, and use the drug to return to a state of normality.
So do coffee users, ice cream users and chocolate "users".