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Originally Posted by Jazuela

Evidence that cannabis is less dangerous than alcohol (notice I don't say better, safer, healthier, superior to, etc. I specify "less dangerous" intentionally):

From the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a government website:


That's 88 thousand people JUST in the USA.

Perhaps a thousand people die yearly, worldwide, as a direct result of use or abuse of THC and/or the Cannabis plant.

Cannabis, in particular the chemical component THC, is used legally and medically with prescription to treat the side effects of cancer treatment. Marinol is one such prescription.
Consumable (only ethyl) alcohol has zero approved medical use, except as a base for actual medicine (such as Nyquil and other elixers).

According to the CDC (another government website), "death" isn't even on the list of health risks for use of cannabis. But there is an entire website for the government dedicated to health effects of alcohol (see above).

Whether or not someone "would" use cannabis at some point if it was made legal, would depend entirely on that person, in each person's circumstances. You might say "never ever ever! today, and be stricken with cancer next week and beg for a Marinol prescription.

In addition, you might say "never ever ever it's so bad horrible bad!" to cannabis, while sucking down your fifth martini of the day and it isn't even suppertime yet.

I wouldn't worry too much about Judgey McJudgester the Internet-Armchair Opinion-Talker.

It's not as if these 88 thousand people died immediately after taking a swig! The real danger is how many of the walking dead, aka the brain fried tokesters,are living among us.


"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears..."
George Orwell