Alcohol is considered all three. It is poisonous, recreational, a drug and a beverage.
Alcohol is, among other things, a recreational beverage. However, it also has use in religious ceremonies, providing energy and nutrition, and other functions.
Recreational Drug.
It is considered a recreational drug when being cold. Or a downer, when speaking of it's drug category.
For purposes of the Texas Alcohol and Beverage code, anyone under 21 is a minor.
When there is the absence of alcohol. Soda pop, tea, coffee, fruit juices and water are considered beverages.
Alcohol can be considered to be mildly poisonous; you have to drink really a lot of it in order to actually die of alcohol poisoning.
Rubbing alcohol (isopropyl alcohol) is toxic when ingested and can potentially be fatal in large quantities, even for someone with a tolerance to alcohol. It should never be consumed as a recreational beverage due to the serious health risks it poses.
For purposes of the Texas Alcohol and Beverage code, anyone under 21 is a minor.
I think that would be poisonous, so probably not for sale anywhere. Absinthe is quite close.
In Texas it is more than one-half of one percent of alcohol by volume
Alcohol is described as a recreational drug because it is used for the purpose of numbing the mind. Alcohol is used to escape reality.