There are some pragmatic considerations to this, e.g. ‘harshing their high’. I wouldn’t think people that drink alcohol are unaware of the health risks (and other complications), so bringing it up would pretty reasonably be interpreted as criticism, or your trying to convince or persuade them to give up something they enjoy and choose to do despite the risks.
But I’ve had interesting discussions with stoners about the possible psychiatric issues of marijuana, and drinkers about their health issues due to drinking, so I’m not sure that it’s ‘unacceptable’ – at all anyways. I can certainly appreciate why anyone wouldn’t want to be ‘badgered’ about the risks of something they still choose to do! (I find it annoying when people do it to me.)
I also wouldn’t think it unreasonable that, ex. parents watching their children play American football wouldn’t also want to, at that time, talk about the attendant risks of head injuries. At least in that case, I’d presume they were already aware of the claims about those risks and had made a decision to let their kid(s) play anyways.
There are some pragmatic considerations to this, e.g. ‘harshing their high’. I wouldn’t think people that drink alcohol are unaware of the health risks (and other complications), so bringing it up would pretty reasonably be interpreted as criticism, or your trying to convince or persuade them to give up something they enjoy and choose to do despite the risks.
But I’ve had interesting discussions with stoners about the possible psychiatric issues of marijuana, and drinkers about their health issues due to drinking, so I’m not sure that it’s ‘unacceptable’ – at all anyways. I can certainly appreciate why anyone wouldn’t want to be ‘badgered’ about the risks of something they still choose to do! (I find it annoying when people do it to me.)
I also wouldn’t think it unreasonable that, ex. parents watching their children play American football wouldn’t also want to, at that time, talk about the attendant risks of head injuries. At least in that case, I’d presume they were already aware of the claims about those risks and had made a decision to let their kid(s) play anyways.