Is Marijuana Less Harmful than Alcohol?

Is that a joke? It reminds me of an article a (former) drug czar wrote. Her argument was that marijuana can be fatal. Her evidence? She cited an incident where a girl took E and died of hyponatremia. Apparently this girl's friends stuffed pot leaves in her mouth to "make her better." This, according to this drug czar, was evidence enough that pot was a fatal drug. Yeah.
 
Of course marijuana is more harmful than alcohol... its illegal. What a fuckin stupid cunt. I would like to punch her in the ovaries. Sorry thats the weed.
 
Alcohol

Impaired mental functioning
Liver disorders
Gastrointestinal problems
Heart disease and stroke
Lung disorders
Cancer
Skin, muscle, and bone disorders
Pregnancy and infant development complications
Increased risk for other addictions
Pregnant Women who consume alcohol during pregnancy may give birth to infants with fetal alcohol syndrome. Infants with fetal alcohol syndrome may be afflicted with physical and mental abnormalities.

Does alcohol have any health benefits?

Drinking wine in moderation can be good for your heart, but it's also bad for your liver. Alcohol has never been known to cure or help with any diseases, only cause cirrosis of the liver, heart disease and failure, and kidney damage/failure. You could say that it's helpful in cleaning cuts and scrapes, but you don't drink that kind of alcohol. Ingestion does not help, only hurt.


Marijuana

First off, marijuana does prove to be helpful with a few ailments, particularly: treating glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and appetite loss in cancer and AIDS patients. Research also suggests cannabinoids kill cancerous cells in cases of leukemia, lymphoma, breast and prostate cancer, and more.

Marijuana may hurt your short term memory and make you forgetful, or apathetic about things, but in case you didn't know, humans have cannabinoid receptors in the brain to bind with cannabinoids, and naturally existing cannabinoids in the body which closely resemble the chemical makeup of THC. These cannabinoids help erradicate painful memories and misfortune.

And, well, getting lung cancer from smoking pot? Well, shit...if you smoke anything it's bound to be bad for your lungs.



Sources:
alcohol - http://www.alcoholismtreatment.info/effects-of-alcoholism.html
marijuana - http://www.straightdope.com/columns/060414.html


So, when I look at it, you'd be better off smoking a bowl every day than drinking a six-pack every day.
 
 
Well, I figured it wouldn't. Marijuana doesn't carry all the carcinogens that cigarettes have.

It is bad for your lungs though, it's smoke, it's going to build up a bit in there. However, smoking out of bongs or using hot knives helps to curb that damage. If all you do is smoke joints, that's not a good idea.
 
read the first link, that is the real important one, tar is only the cause of about 10% of instances lung cancer and pot smokers smoke way less weight of actual leaf/bud/tobacco/matter than cigarette smokers,

a pack a day = 20 stogs = .8g each = 16g of tobacco a day... thats a little over a half ounce and thats only for a pack a day, many people smoke a pack and a half or two packs a day! how many people do you know smoke a half ounce of bud a day, or even a quarter ounce (7g) a day?

marijuana is a friend. tobacco is a leech-like friend who turns into an ugly deadly enemy.
 
Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol... of course!

What?

You say your daughter got anally gang banged at a party after passing out drunk and contracted the AIDS virus?

You say your son drank a fifth of vodka and died?

You say you woke up in the morning feeling like shit and realized you pissed yourself?

Marijuana is illicit!

More children are court ordered into rehab for marijuana than any other drug!
 
^^^ i dont get your last two statements. they are true, but should it be illegal, especially after the three "you" statements about alcohol you made?

and do you know WHY more people are put into rehab for pot than any other drug? hmm...800,000 annual pot arrests every year for possession, punishments range from jail to probation to fines and most people are FORCED TO GO TO REHAB, its not like there are masses of helpless marijuana addicts out there going to rehab to get help for themselves...

but i think you understand that. you just need to make it more clear what you are quoting as insane "marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol" and what you are stating as your opinion or fact "you can get drunk at a party, raped and get AIDS"
 
I was joking.

I am saying that all the children who "go to rehab" for marijuana, 99% of them are forced to go to rehab by a judge or their parents by force.

They don't volunteer to go to rehab.

Three of the article's reasons for marijuana being "dangerous" are a total joke.

1. People go to rehab for marijuana because they are forced to by the courts or their parents.

2. Marijuana is illicit because the government made it that way, not because it is dangerous.

3. Traces of marijuana stay in your system for a few weeks, but the effects are not noticeable after an hour or so.

This entire article is laughable.

Ask any person who has struggled with alcoholism if marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol and they will laugh in your face.

Alcohol is more dangerous than any other drug in the world, it is more dangerous than heroin.

It encourages risk taking behavior, turns many violent, is extremely physically addictive (you can die from withdrawals), is more harmful to your health than any other drug in the world.

In fact, alcohol isn't even a drug, it is a poison.

There are no alcohol receptors in your brain, it simply damages your brain giving you a good feeling, much like huffing gasoline, or sniffing glue.
 
^^ Word. Very laughable.

Alcohol is toxic. And it rears its ugly little head in 45% of all violent crimes.

Stoners couldn't beat your ass if they wanted to.
 
lurkerguy said:
In fact, alcohol isn't even a drug, it is a poison.

There are no alcohol receptors in your brain, it simply damages your brain giving you a good feeling, much like huffing gasoline, or sniffing glue.
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This is untrue. Alcohol has direct effects on several voltage and ligand gated ion channels. There is strong evidence that GABA(A) receptors mediate much of the sedative-hypnotic effects of alcohol; it is even more likely that GABA(A) receptors containing the delta subunit are responsible for its effects on coordination. Some of alcohol's psychopharmacological effects may also be due to its antagonism of NMDA receptors.
 
i do notice that whenever i smoke up the next day or two im snappy as hell with my parents, just my parents.
 
Skyline_GTR said:
Once you learn to smoke a cigarette then you can smoke a marijuana cigarette."
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WHAT THE FUCK? this shit just makes me laugh but it sucks that the general public will read this article and actually believe it
 
lurkerguy said:
In fact, alcohol isn't even a drug, it is a poison.

There are no alcohol receptors in your brain, it simply damages your brain giving you a good feeling, much like huffing gasoline, or sniffing glue.
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Now your sounding just as bad as the people who wrote this article. Come on, don't resort to their methods.
 
I think I'm gonna stay away from Drugs in the media for awhile. I cant believe how many bullshit articles are written regarding drugs.
 
this article was actually true for me, i found marijuana far more addictive and damaging to me personally than alcohol. however, i recognize that in the general community alcohol is responsible for far more damage and destruction. whats important to remember is that it comes down to the individual though.
 
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