Alcohol IMO is a harder drug than it's made out to be, but I don't think it's that much harder than most drugs. it's euphoria is definitely not that of what you would expect from a "soft" drug, and I feel like it's on par, more or less, with the harm/danger level of amphetamine (not methamphetamine, just regs amphetamine), and the only illegal drugs that I consider to be safer than alcohol and amphetamine are: cannabis, psychedelics, and milder opioids (codeine, hydrocodone). All of those drugs can be consumed legally in some way (Medical Cannabis, religious peyote/ayahuasca use, and of course, painkillers, respectively) in the US.
Any drug can cause one to become intoxicated enough to act in the manner you described in your post, but since alcohol is legal, and widely and mistakenly assumed to be safe, some people take much, MUCH more than they should, which is why you see less people who have taken, say, cocaine (nasally) or amphetamine (not meth) acting as crazy as those drunk St Patty's Day people. Not only that, but people on those drugs typically don't go out in public while on them, at least not nearly as much as alcohol. We even have certain days (St Pattys Day, New Years, and obviously many more) where people are almost expected to drink themselves into that kind of state, yet there are no occasions where cocaine or ketamine use is encouraged and socially acceptable, especially in excess.
Still, I wouldnt have picked alcohol if I was the one in charge of picking 1 drug to be legal.
