POLL: Which is more harmful? Alcohol or Marijuana?

[JohnGalt2341]

I realize this is a broad question and for each individual one or the other could be potentially more harmful depending on the level of usage and abuse but... my question is sort of for society as a whole.

[Kermit]

In moderation alcohol is better for your body.

Now when abused, obviously alcohol is worse.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

i said alcohol just because it's hard to have just 1 or 2.

[cane]

Alcohol kills thousands every year, no one's ever OD'd on weed

[robmpink]

I wondered this the same.

Lets say I drank a 6 pack 5 out of 7 nights a week or smoked a bowl 5 out of 7 nights a week, which is worse for your body?

[JMon]

Linked scholarly information within

http://archive.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/53/

[Kermit]

Linked scholarly information within

http://archive.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/53/

Great link but obviously written from a biased marijuana user's point of view. It doesn't even mention the increased heart rate along with lower blood pressure. THC use can also screw up your immune system and it doesn't mention that.

I had a doctor tell me that 2 or 3 lite beers a day would good for me, and I was curious so I asked about pot use, and he said "Breathing in any kind of smoke is not good for your throat and lungs" He then said "If you want to use it, make it into brownies and eat it"

[JMon]

Great link but obviously written from a biased marijuana user's point of view. It doesn't even mention the increased heart rate along with lower blood pressure. THC use can also screw up your immune system and it doesn't mention that.

I had a doctor tell me that 2 or 3 lite beers a day would good for me, and I was curious so I asked about pot use, and he said "Breathing in any kind of smoke is not good for your throat and lungs" He then said "If you want to use it, make it into brownies and eat it"

ya I know and I'm biased as well, but it does have some scholarly references within. Good starting point for research.

[Kermit]

ya I know and I'm biased as well, but it does have some scholarly references within. Good starting point for research.

It was a great read and touched on the majority of facts which are completely legit.

I think that marijuana being in your system is fine, but it is more so the method of taking it into your body in the form of smoke that isn't as healthy as say consuming it.

[JMon]

It was a great read and touched on the majority of facts which are completely legit.

I think that marijuana being in your system is fine, but it is more so the method of taking it into your body in the form of smoke that isn't as healthy as say consuming it.

Most Definitely. Anything inhaled combustion-wise is what releases by-product..ie carbon monoxide. Studies have shown nicotine is not harmful (even found in trace amounts in egg plant or tomatoes). It's lighting the cigarette on fire that does it---releases over 4000 by products. So goes the same smoking mari jane by fire. However, new methods of vaping where technology pulls the THC or nicotine from the product using a battery heating source have generated a mass of excitement and sales. Scientific study has shown risk is less harmful than the former. I know I am making a fortune of them!

[Cuse0323]

It's really not a question, it's booze. As an alcoholic, my body is way more fcked than when I smoked weed for years. The doctors never told me, hey your liver and kidneys don't look so great and if you don't stop you're going to die early, when I smoked.

[Bostongambler]

Alcohol is responsible for more deaths and broken homes. They tried prohibition but it didn't work.

[TheMoneyShot]

A lot of stoners at SBR.

[TheMoneyShot]

My uncle use to smoke pot back when he was 20-35 practically everyday. He's now in his mid 50's. His mind is slow. Unfocused. Takes awhile to comprehend what you're saying in a conversation. You people keep smoking like cheech and chong. Hope you live a long time. My uncle never touched alcohol in his life.

My dad on the other hand is 83 years old. Basically has had 1 room temperature beer a day throughout his life. Guy is still climbing ladders. Focused. Alert. Competitive. Never touched weed in his life.

You do the math.

[Cuse0323]

My uncle use to smoke pot back when he was 20-35 practically everyday. He's now in his mid 50's. His mind is slow. Unfocused. Takes awhile to comprehend what you're saying in a conversation. You people keep smoking like cheech and chong. Hope you live a long time.

I don't know, my ma has smoked everyday for almost 40 years. VP of a company.

If I drink everyday for 40 years, I'm gone 10+ years ago.

[JohnGalt2341]

A lot of stoners at SBR.

I prefer alcohol myself but I can't help but think that I'm doing more damage to my body with this Legal drug than I would be with weed which is illegal in most places in the U.S.

[TheGoldenGoose]

My uncle use to smoke pot back when he was 20-35 practically everyday. He's now in his mid 50's. His mind is slow. Unfocused. Takes awhile to comprehend what you're saying in a conversation. You people keep smoking like cheech and chong. Hope you live a long time.

If you're trying to tell us MJ kills more brain cells than Alcohol... Wow, are you off base.

[JohnGalt2341]

My uncle use to smoke pot back when he was 20-35 practically everyday. He's now in his mid 50's. His mind is slow. Unfocused. Takes awhile to comprehend what you're saying in a conversation. You people keep smoking like cheech and chong. Hope you live a long time. My uncle never touched alcohol in his life.

My dad on the other hand is 83 years old. Basically has had 1 room temperature beer a day throughout his life. Guy is still climbing ladders. Focused. Alert. Competitive. Never touched weed in his life.

You do the math.

My brother has been smoking Weed for over 35 years and he's sharp as tac. In fact, at family reunions whenever we play any type of games we're shocked when he doesn't win.

[TheMoneyShot]

I don't know, my ma has smoked everyday for almost 40 years. VP of a company.If I drink everyday for 40 years, I'm gone 10+ years ago.

Not knocking your mother or family or anything. Other variables to the equation.... of someone's career history.

If you're trying to tell us MJ kills more brain cells than Alcohol... Wow, are you off base.

Never interjected anything like that at all. I just explained a factual story to you. That's all I did.

[Cuse0323]

My uncle use to smoke pot back when he was 20-35 practically everyday. He's now in his mid 50's. His mind is slow. Unfocused. Takes awhile to comprehend what you're saying in a conversation. You people keep smoking like cheech and chong. Hope you live a long time. My uncle never touched alcohol in his life.

My dad on the other hand is 83 years old. Basically has had 1 room temperature beer a day throughout his life. Guy is still climbing ladders. Focused. Alert. Competitive. Never touched weed in his life.

You do the math.

Well, one beer a day isn't shit. Neither is one bowl a day. You're taking one extreme and comparing to the other. It really isn't a question if you look at it from every angle. Alcohol kills people, weed doesn't. And I hate smoking now but still love my booze but I know it's destroying me.

If you're just telling a story, fine. Just tough for me to see any conceivable way where alcohol is not worse than marijuana.

[Kermit]

I know a few guys that are my age or a few years older(I am 40) that have smoked pot since they were in their teens, and I notice that they all seem to have vocal chord issues, like when they talk, they all sound the same, really gruff. Then again, they also smoke cigarettes too.

[Kermit]

If you're trying to tell us MJ kills more brain cells than Alcohol... Wow, are you off base.

I know statistically that marijuana doesn't kill more brain cells, but damn, just about everyone that I know that smokes consistently all seem to fall into that "Stoner" stereotype as far as attention span/reasoning goes.

I think too much of either drug is just as bad as the other.

[stevenash]

Booze is very, very ugly

[ParlayininHTown]

I'd rather not think about the negative effects of the only thing that helps me get through the day and avoid lying wide-awake all night.

[Cuse0323]

I know statistically that marijuana doesn't kill more brain cells, but damn, just about everyone that I know that smokes consistently all seem to fall into that "Stoner" stereotype as far as attention span/reasoning goes.

I think too much of either drug is just as bad as the other.

Understandable but death is rougher than shitty memory/speech/attention span.

[Kermit]

Understandable but death is rougher than shitty memory/speech/attention span.

Yeah. I agree.

[Big Bear]

Beer and Weed are both okay.

Its the Liqour that makes people do crazy stuff and is harmful to the body.

Regardless smoking weed and drankin is better for you than cocaine and herion and adderall.

[MoneyLineDawg]

Even smoking weed is so much better for you and society as a whole than alcohol, can't believe people still try to argue otherwise

I don't even smoke much anymore, and get drunk once or twice a week but just being honest here

I mean maybe 1 glass of red wine a night is probably equal to smoking a few hits a night but the more you drink/smoke the better weed is for everyone...

If you vaporize or take in THC in some other way, its hard to find anything harmful really at all

Of course there are side effects that affect people differently like being paranoid or lazy, but you can say that about alcohol as well.....Makes some people aggressive, emotional, etc

Our country is absolutely moronic to continue this weed crusade.....Just outs the people against it as ignorant and/or corrupt

[didoolidoodoo]

If you use too much of anything it's potentially harmful, but generally I think that alcohol is more harmful...

[brainfreeze]

Who would you want coming around the corner in your neighborhood ... A drunk or a stoner, gotta be one..

I'll take the stoner every x

[bruins35]

weed can cause mental disorders and cancer stop trying to act like its coton candy you lazy stoners

[TheMetsSuck]

this is the dumbest poll question i've ever been apart of. ofcourse alcohol is more harmful. Kills 1000s from drunk drivers alone and 1000s of peoples livers. marijuana may have caused some car accidents as well but not even close to drunks. alcoholism is considered a disease by most people with a brain. Go look in those aa meetings at these sad people. So many destroyed lives due to alcohol. weed is considered medicinal for many peoples bodies even those with anxiety etc not just cancer. moneyshot your uncle may just be stupid to begin with

[JohnGalt2341]

this is the dumbest poll question i've ever been apart of. ofcourse alcohol is more harmful. Kills 1000s from drunk drivers alone and 1000s of peoples livers. marijuana may have caused some car accidents as well but not even close to drunks. alcoholism is considered a disease by most people with a brain. Go look in those aa meetings at these sad people. So many destroyed lives due to alcohol. weed is considered medicinal for many peoples bodies even those with anxiety etc not just cancer. moneyshot your uncle may just be stupid to begin with

Thanks for participating in my incredibly dumb poll question. Oddly enough, I agree with you... and I like to drink. Now only if you can convince Congress that what you are saying is true.

[TheMoneyShot]

It's actually an interesting topic.

Stoners stick up for weed.

Alcoholics stick up for drinking.

Poll doesn't say how much is consumed in an hour, in a day, or a week, or a year. It just says which one is deadlier?

Some poster just said alcohol leads to 1000s of lives lost due to drunk driving. hmmmm and someone totally baked couldn't cause the same issue? Cool story.

Story doesn't indicate how many other narcotics are being used while consuming alcohol or smoking weed either.

[brainfreeze]

Some poster just said alcohol leads to 1000s of lives lost due to drunk driving. hmmmm and someone totally baked couldn't cause the same issue? Cool story.

Numbers don't lie, people don't get MJ poisoning, as for drunk drivers, there's no comparison there. Drunks kill everyday..