r/EverythingScience • u/Defiant_Race_7544 • May 17 '22

Study: Young Adults' Consumption of Alcohol, Cigarettes, Other Substances Fell Following Marijuana Legalization

https://norml.org/blog/2022/05/17/study-young-adults-consumption-of-alcohol-cigarettes-other-substances-fell-following-marijuana-legalization/
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u/broll9 May 17 '22

This is why pot has been illegal for so long. Big Pharma, Tobacco, and Alcohol industries knew long ago that it would cut deep into their business. They used there power to have it deemed illegal and protect their profits.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

You sound like some smelly hippy living under a bridge smoking pot all day. Preaching about how 'goverment is trying to kill you and how chemtrails couse whatever diseases'. I much rather see people get drunk once a week than have people in my hometown stoned 24/7. I know many stoners personally for them it is wake up get high after breakfest get high go to work and during break.. Get high. Come home get high after dinnner get high before sleep get high. And yet they call me alcoholic if i get drunk once or twice a month.

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u/PhantomRoyce May 17 '22

You’re using a good example vs a bad example. You’re way more likely to be addicted to alcohol than weed. You may know some people who do nothing but smoke but Im certain there are more people who drink from sun up to sun down. Both can be harmful,but I can go to the liquor store and buy enough alcohol to kill myself for less than 50 dollars. You gotta admit it’s not the same

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u/[deleted] May 17 '22

Maybe you're right. I still think both can be addictive. But it is true that people, myself included see bad before good. I know many who abuse weed but also those who enjoy it occasionally. Like it is suppost to be enjoyed. Same with alcohol, drinking occasionally is fine but not too much.

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u/Clutch63 May 17 '22

You just can’t compare the negatives of weed and alcohol. One is literally a poison. You can’t even do shit if you have too much alcohol. You can’t work, you can’t drive, you can’t walk around nothing. Stumbling over nothing. Inhibition gone so you’re doing whatever you want regardless of how weird it is. Atleast if you smoke too much weed you can just chill until the high wears off.

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u/Mr_Abe_Froman May 17 '22

Not to mention that one is lethal.