No, but "you should drink alcohol every day" and "you should not drink alcohol every day" makes a massive difference in how much alcohol you can sell.

Our history of outright Prohibition might have something to do with it.

Depends on who is being hurt. Given the issue of drunk driving killing children, and given the current push to restrict rights to save children, I think informing the public of the number of children killed because of alcohol is important so that we can push for banning it (not a total ban, but a ban of the most dangerous stuff, which I will begin calling assault alcohol).

One could argue that the current legalization and decriminalization of cannabis could not have occurred without the medical marijuana forerunners in the 90s, so there may be some merit to your argument.

On the other hand, I suspect the simple profit motive is much stronger. Headlines like “Study suggests one glass of red wine per day reduces heart disease risk” is music to a winery’s ears.

If you use the "don't wire brush your grill" thread as your ruler anything that could possibly be harmful to consumers whether used properly or not should be illegal.