Talking about Kusanagi and being drunk (not "drunker")

The media is really making a big fuss about Kusanagi being drunk. Some think he shouldn't have been arrested. Here's an article on it:

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97OSKN81&show_article=1

As students try to describe this incident, these words get used:

• drunk (adj, past participle v, n)
• drunker (comparative adj)
• drunkard (n)

The most common mistake is to say:

• × He was very drunker. (Drunker than what? What is he being compared to?)
  
• ○ He was very drunk. (He had consumed too much alcohol.)
  

A drunkard (also called a drunk) is someone who is always drunk. They cannot stop drinking alcohol. We would probably call them alcoholics. The ex-finance minister Nakagawa was reported to have had alcohol problems in the past (http://newsbizarre.com/2009/02/video-shoichi-nakagawa-drunk-at-g7-news.html), so some people might call him a drunk. I haven't read similar reports about Kusanagi; we shouldn't call him a drunk. However, we can use the comparative adjective to say:

• He was drunker than the police would allow.
• He was drunker than he should have been.

When you're drinking, be careful not to drink too much or get too drunk. If you do, people might start calling you a drunkard.