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I think alcohol is better for the simple reason that the negative consequences are more immediately obvious. Cannabis is much more sinister in that the negative
by ogwh 5y ago
I think alcohol is better for the simple reason that the negative consequences are more immediately obvious. Cannabis is much more sinister in that the negatives usually creep up on you before you notice and so long as it has you in its grip you may not even notice until you stop.
I've witnessed people have acute psychotic breaks after smoking strong cannabis for the first time, and met one man with schizophrenia who attributed his condition to his past cannabis use. Whether he's right I don't know, but the connection is at least well acknowledged nowadays.
- drw85 5y agoI don't think alcohols consequences are more immediate or obvious to most people. It's also much more physically addicting in that your body needs it to function at some point. I personally know two people that are schizophrenic and were long term heavy marihuana users, of course that's also anecdotal and in both cases there were other drugs involved aswell. I don't think alcohol is better at all, it's actually really bad and culturally much more accepted. People start drinking really early and pretty heavily. The long term effects are not that obvious to most people.
- mgerullis 5y ago> negative consequences are more immediately obvious I don’t think so since we are used to drunk people. You know how many people I’ve seen beating each other in a drunk rage? I have never seen that with smokers.
- myWindoonn 5y agoYou should reconsider your "until you stop" qualification: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(sedative%E2%80%93hypnotic_withdrawal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindling_(sedative%E2%80%93hyp...