In a message dated 98-04-04 16:01:26 EST, you write:

<< > The only
 >difference between medicinal ether and beverage alcohol is one molecule of
 >water.

  You cannot compare this way. Let me give You another similar example:
 C2H5OH = ethanol (beverage alcohol)
 take away one carbon and two hydrogen:
 CHOH = metanol (wood alcohol)
 take away one more carbon and two more hydrogen:
 HOH = water >>

This sort of molecular statement is meaningless. The fact that about 10% of
populations have trouble dealing with alcohol abuse does not need this type of
reinforcement to be meaningful.