Whats Worse, Alcohol or Cannabis?
Question by John Marco: Whats worse, alcohol or cannabis?
Long term and short term, whats worse for you, im just wondering because people who drink to much throw up and cause problems for everyone, but people who smoke cannabis just get high and become awesome, Also, are all the “facts” about cannabis being seriously dangerous true or is it just bs to scare people off because i smoke it at least every other day and have done for ages and im fine, so are all my friends and everyone else who i know that smoke it compared to friends i know that drink every other day, iv researched loads on the health effects of cannabis but i simply cannot find the truth every site is different and gives off mixed signals, so yeah whats worse alcohol or cannabis and is it really that dangerous, Thankyou in advance,
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Answer by jeff
alcohol by far.because weed is just awesome.
Answer by Rachel
If you look at the scientific research, and believe me I have (I took classes in college on drugs in the U.S., neuropharmacology, and took my senior writing class on “the politics of drugs” to get my degree in psychology and sociology), marijuana is safer by far. Take death rates alone. It is impossible to die from marijuana-there has not been a single recorded death due to marijuana in history (this would not count possibly driving under the influence although even U.S. government research in the 80s-88 I believe-suggested driving under the influence of marijuana was safer than driving normal, which was ofcourse safer than alcohol). Alcohol kills many people each year-from acute intoxication and alcohol poisoning to chronic diseases developed from long term, regular alcohol use/abuse. One of the sadder conditions I heard about in my neuropsychology class was alcohol induced alzheimer’s. It’s full blown alzheimer’s but sets on in a few weeks to months and to people usually in their 40s to 60s. My professor who evaluates people like this described one CEO who, in a matter of weeks, didn’t even know who his wife was most of the time, and he was in his late 40s.
If you want “the truth” on marijuana, I suggest using a site that if you google is called PubMed. It lists scientific journal articles in a government database. Looking at these, you can read first hand science-the actual research and results rather than what others have to say.
I hope this helps. Another good book to look into is The Emperor Wears No Clothes-an interesting history about marijuana.
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