The new anti-alcohol sentiment is because our governments want us hooked on weed instead: making us docile and uncaring, easy to control. They call it “dope” for a reason.
Drunks get angry and plan revolutions (ie, the Revolutionary war in taverns, the beer hall putsch with Hitler, etc) against their governments.
I myself will stick with a modified French plan—a generous glass of wine with dinner. A nice part of the Mediterranean diet.