Oomis, you are right. These days are different. These days people are very much aware of the danger of driving drunk and it isn’t done. “
I wish that were so. I am PERSONALLY aware of several Yeshivah boys who drove drunk, one had a car accident (as I described previously), causing a tremendous chillul Hashem. Even if they are not driving, the levels of alcohol intoxication can be lethal, and many a Hatzolah member has been called away from his own Purim Seudah to rush a dangerously inebriated bochur to the hospital. That is completely unacceptable and negates any aspect of the mitzvah. I can guarantee you, too many of them are NOT drinking l’shem Mitzvah. But if there is a sober driver, then I see nothing so terrible with them being a little buzzed.