Alcohol is Worse Than Pot?

[killers2]

I believe it is only social stigma that dictates that pot is SO bad.  Honestly in almost every respect I think pot is better for a late teen or early 20s kid to try rather than a night of hard drinking.  Doesn't mess with your liver, can't overdose on pot, isn't very addictive.....etc.  By the way I don't smoke pot but I am a progressive and want it legalized/decriminalized because too much is spent on prison and arrests for pot users who are not hurting anybody else.   

[workmama]

I agree with you totally! I know for a fact that alcohol is much worse than marijuana! Yes, no one has ever overdosed on marijuana and it is considered a herb/plant which is good. I think the FDA just wants to push stupid pills down our throat. Medicine that they call will heal us but in reality just treats us to their benefit. I have a special needs child who has autism and lately on the news there has been some talk about how oil  (from the cannibus flower) from marijuana can help those with autism. I am looking further into this and researching any ways that could help my son to verbalize and have less stemming. I think there needs to be more research done on natural remedies and not drugs that children and adults get over-prescribed!   

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~workmama~

[BlackSheepNY]

I agree with you.  There are many aspects of the Cannabis plant that actually help people, but because of Big Pharma... well, you know how that goes.  I also agree that there are way too many people doing time in prison for stupid reasons.  For the "free-est" country in the world, we have the world's biggest prison population.  PS:  I'm a conservative.

[WayneJrh]

I believe it is only social stigma that dictates that pot is SO bad.  Honestly in almost every respect I think pot is better for a late teen or early 20s kid to try rather than a night of hard drinking.  Doesn't mess with your liver, can't overdose on pot, isn't very addictive.....etc.  By the way I don't smoke pot but I am a progressive and want it legalized/decriminalized because too much is spent on prison and arrests for pot users who are not hurting anybody else.   

I love my whiskey!

But, I also don`t over due it on drinking. I am not a fan of being drunk but do love drinking a beer when I get home from work. Helps me relax and sleep.

Pretty soon every state will allow people to smoke pot everywhere.

[bremer51]

I have seen more damage and more ruined lives from alcohol than marijuana. It may be because alcohol is legal and acceptable and more people use it, I don't know.  I only know that I've seen people's lives destroyed by alcohol.

[Kay0338]

I agree...when was the last time you heard of someone getting into a car crash because they smoked marijuana? Or abused their wife or children because they smoked marijuana? I don't personally smoke it, and still wouldn't if it was legal...but I find it ridiculous that alcohol is legal while marijuana is not.

[reiddb]

You can get very high on pot. Check into the blood brain barrier. Our brains are made up of neurons. They can't be replaced, only destroyed.  (unlike the liver)  Our normal blood that circulates the body would actually destroy the brain so there is something called the blood brain barrier to protect the brain, only allowing what is good for the brain to pass through it from the blood.  The problem is that drugs, pot, alcohol, nicotine, etc, WILL pass through that barrier...and it should not be there.  Pot IS destroying the brain cells and they can never be restored! Pot is the gateway to all other drugs.  99.9% heroin, meth, and crack addicts started with pot! Legalizing pot is a serious mistake! It is NOT ok for the body!

[vickysue]

Neither one is good for you. anytime anyone used it excessively there is going to be problems. I do not either. booze and drugs can impair your driving and while you may think your invinceable if you are driving you are putting other peoples lives on the line.
 

[aggie49]

i have done both years ago but i have always said drinking is worse then drugs

[hitch0403]

I agree...when was the last time you heard of someone getting into a car crash because they smoked marijuana? Or abused their wife or children because they smoked marijuana? I don't personally smoke it, and still wouldn't if it was legal...but I find it ridiculous that alcohol is legal while marijuana is not.

Just thought id give yo a heads up,a few yrs back a woman drove the wrong way on a pkwy here in NY and killer herself and 6 other children.They found pot in her system.Please do some research when you write a post such as that.Or maybe that wasnt enuff to die!!!

GESHH!!

[luvh8tragedy87]

Driving high or drunk isn't a good idea. Marijuana can help a lot of people at least. But I agree I think it's more of the social stigma than anything. I live in Colorado and they were saying on the news the other night the state has a ton of money from legalizing marijuana.

[countrygirl12]

No it's really not.  Pot makes you stupid.  You cannot react to situations.  And being under the influence of pot is just as dangerous as any other drug.  I know of more than one situation where some pot head hurt and even killed someone else because of something they done while under the influence of the so called harmless drug of pot.

[colbtrist]

Both are harmful but it different ways.

[countrygirl12]

I agree...when was the last time you heard of someone getting into a car crash because they smoked marijuana? Or abused their wife or children because they smoked marijuana? I don't personally smoke it, and still wouldn't if it was legal...but I find it ridiculous that alcohol is legal while marijuana is not.

Just thought id give yo a heads up,a few yrs back a woman drove the wrong way on a pkwy here in NY and killer herself and 6 other children.They found pot in her system.Please do some research when you write a post such as that.Or maybe that wasnt enuff to die!!!

GESHH!!

I also know of car accidents where someone was doped up on pot and killed someone.  Several years ago there was an accident on a job I was working on and the idiot who caused a co-workers death was high from smoking pot.  Anything that alters your mind in any way is a bad thing.

[tfw6693]

  Neither is worse than the other. They are both bad and destructive. Find something else to do. Why not serve and help others instead of destroying yourself. You were put on this earth to make it better, not to be a liability to others. BTW, when I was young and stupid, I did both. What a wasted time of my life. I am ashamed I was so slow in growing up.