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I have known alcoholics and heavy marijuana users. Alcohol is hands down far worse for health long term if used heavily and regularly. It’s not even close. I pe
by api 2y ago
I have known alcoholics and heavy marijuana users. Alcohol is hands down far worse for health long term if used heavily and regularly. It’s not even close. I personally consider alcohol a “hard drug” at least at higher doses.
That being said there is this myth that weed is harmless. It’s not. It’s a drug. If it’s smoked it damages the lungs just like smoking anything else, and the compounds in it might have negative long term effects on cognition.
Like anything else of the sort if it’s used at all it should be used in moderation.
- shrubby 2y agoAlcohol and tobacco are worst ones as in addition to harms they're also available practically everywhere and the harms are huge. Weed is harmful as well, but it might not be quite as obviously harmful as ethanol. I have considered and read a crapton, trying to learn addiction. And there isn't a safe substance and there's no way of knowing how close to problem use one is, as genetics, repetitions and traumas are personal. And addiction is transferable, learnt with one substance the nervous systems will quickly pick up a new one should the supply be cut off. And it's also a disease that progresses. Like a coil in a bolt, once it's broken you can't turn back. And there's no torque wrench for substance use. I loved my alcohol, weed and nails. But unfortunately there's no use that's safe.
- nelup20 2y ago> If it’s smoked it damages the lungs just like smoking anything else, and the compounds in it might have negative long term effects on cognition. Also higher risk of a heart attack and/or stroke: https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.030178 https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.030178