What is more dangerous, marijuana or alchohol?

[Yanto]

It's ok to die when u loose someone u love and got loved​

 

[Chakra Wizard]

If they want to get rid of some of the deficit, they need to make weed legal. Think of all the money that'll be stimulating the economy from the food people'll be buying to counteract the munchies

 

[benIncher]

If they want to get rid of some of the deficit, they need to make weed legal. Think of all the money that'll be stimulating the economy from the food people'll be buying to counteract the munchies

then all of the people who get depressed and kill themselves. Or decide to drive and are too slow to react, then kill themselves along with some others. That'll save the country some money as well, less people means more money per person.
Weed will never be legally purchasable, unless you have a serious medical condition. It is a downer, the government don't sell depressive drugs.

 

[Aponi]

I'd say alcohol. Marijuana is used for medical reasons, of course it's dangerous if it's improperly. BTW..assuming pot is used for recreational purposes YES you CAN get addicted to it.

 

[NarutoVsGoku]

well how many times have you heard of a person getting into a car accident because they or the other driver was drunk?

now how many times have you heard of a person getting into a car accident because they or the other driver was high?

 

[benIncher]

well how many times have you heard of a person getting into a car accident because they or the other driver was drunk?

now how many times have you heard of a person getting into a car accident because they or the other driver was high?

When I grew up, my mother was on drugs mainly speed, but also weed. My brother was addicted to weed, and I saw what it does to you if you overuse it. He went from being smart, sporty and a genuinely nice person, then after a year of weed, he spent all day in bed, then, when he was not in bed, he was a bully. Twice he went for me with a knife, because he had ran out of drugs. And, my mother did nothing cause she was drugged up, so I was left to deal with him, and make sure he doesn't hurt anyone other than himself.
So, weed isn't a soft drug like people think, it does a lot of damage.

 

[Princeton]

Alcohol of course weed is harmless

 

[NarutoVsGoku]

When I grew up, my mother was on drugs mainly speed, but also weed. My brother was addicted to weed, and I saw what it does to you if you overuse it. He went from being smart, sporty and a genuinely nice person, then after a year of weed, he spent all day in bed, then, when he was not in bed, he was a bully. Twice he went for me with a knife, because he had ran out of drugs. And, my mother did nothing cause she was drugged up, so I was left to deal with him, and make sure he doesn't hurt anyone other than himself.
So, weed isn't a soft drug like people think, it does a lot of damage.

yea well your using your own personal experience as to say weed is dangerous. your making a hasty generalization, an illogical fallacy and compared to speed and alcohol weed is harmless.

yea you can get addicted to weed so its not a "soft drug" but its not cocaine, its not alcohol, its not meth or ex or pcp or shrooms..

weed is nothing compared to those

more families have been broken up and destroyed because of those drugs and especially alcohol. your is the first where weed had such a bad influence but thats 1 ive heard something like that of weed compared to a milion i heard about alcohol

 

[Ryuu..]

Alcohol clearly, you aint never heard of someone overdosing or dying directly from weed.

 

[benIncher]

yea well your using your own personal experience as to say weed is dangerous. your making a hasty generalization, an illogical fallacy and compared to speed and alcohol weed is harmless.

yea you can get addicted to weed so its not a "soft drug" but its not cocaine, its not alcohol, its not meth or ex or pcp or shrooms..

weed is nothing compared to those

more families have been broken up and destroyed because of those drugs and especially alcohol. your is the first where weed had such a bad influence but thats 1 ive heard something like that of weed compared to a milion i heard about alcohol

I don't touch any drugs ever. Not even medicinal, I would only do it if I had to, like insulin and stuff. I refused painkiller when I had an appendicitis. So, I'm very biased when it comes to drugs, but I wont try to stop others from their vices. But weed does affect people in a bad way, especially wit long term use, it makes people very paranoid. But, I would compare it with those other drugs, I know they are stronger. But they all have one aspect that alcohol does not, they are all either uppers or downers. Whereas alcohol accentuates your mood, making what you feel stronger.

 

[Hawker]

It should actually be obvious to everyone that alcholol is the dangerous one. How often do you see or hear about some fool being arrested for DUI, or doing dumb shit while drunk etc? And how often do you see people suffering from alchohol poisoning? Everyday. Compare that to how often you see someone actually dying from smoking weed or being harmed by weed. They have different effects. Alchohol mostly makes you active, like wanting to dance, have ***, fight, yell for no reason, etc. Weed mostly calms you down. There are even places that legally sell weed as "medical marijuana", for people who actually need it.

I agree with everything except the bolded part. That is not true. I have been drinking regularly from the age of 15 (I'm 22 now) and never have I witnessed a person having to suffer an alcohol poisoning. And I've socialized with a lot of people over the years in those "drinking circles".

So yeah I think that alcohol poisoning is just used in health education to scare young people, but in reality that kind of thing rarely happens.

I mean really you'd have to drink way much over your capacity to handle alcohol to get that kind of effect. It would basically mean drinking by force a booze bottle or two more when you are already ready to pass out.

 

[TrollingSage]

Well lets see. Alcohol is only dangerous when abused. Alcohol can be consumed in moderation and there're health benefits when you do so.
Smoking weed on the other hand, well am not so sure. I havent seen or read anywhere that smoking weed has any benefits at all.

 

[uhIpooped]

Well lets see. Alcohol is only dangerous when abused. Alcohol can be consumed in moderation and there're health benefits when you do so.
Smoking weed on the other hand, well am not so sure. I havent seen or read anywhere that smoking weed has any benefits at all.

Wow... guessing you must have hit the bong before reading this...

Alcohol has 0 thats right ZERO health benefits, unless you count cirrhosis of the liver a benefit.

The whole glass of wine a day helps the heart has been disproved ..

 

[nagato9]

marijuana has never killed anyone in the history of mankind. marijuana itself does no damage to you either but the only damage you get is from ingesting smoke, but you would get the same damage from smoking grass from your yard. marijuana actually prevents alzhimer and tumors. we actually have receptors for THC called canabinoids. alcohol is very bad for you because it destroyes your brain cells. it is possible to overdose in alcohol (alcohol poisoning). cancer can be formed by drinking alcohol. it is impossible to overdose on weed. the only way to die from smoking too much weed is if you smoke a whole room full from floor to roof in under 15 minutes (which is obviously impossible) and you wouldn't die from too much THC, you would die from carbon dioxide poisoning (which means you don't have enough oxygen).

 

[~MC117~]

Both are dangerous. Believe me. And i have seen more ppl suffer of alcohol than marijuana

This^

 

[nagato9]

When I grew up, my mother was on drugs mainly speed, but also weed. My brother was addicted to weed, and I saw what it does to you if you overuse it. He went from being smart, sporty and a genuinely nice person, then after a year of weed, he spent all day in bed, then, when he was not in bed, he was a bully. Twice he went for me with a knife, because he had ran out of drugs. And, my mother did nothing cause she was drugged up, so I was left to deal with him, and make sure he doesn't hurt anyone other than himself.
So, weed isn't a soft drug like people think, it does a lot of damage.

okay your mom was like that because of the meth and not the weed. it is impossible to be physically addicted to weed (you can be emotionally addicted which just means you like it so much that you want some and you can't get the withdrawal symptoms such as head aches, Nassau, and chills) the only reason that weed is a "gateway drug" is because of the people that person hangs out around because it is proven that there is nothing in weed that makes you want to try something stronger. only 1% of weed smokers do heroin.

 

[Eisenpelz]

i think, that both drugs are not to underestimate...since they're drugs.
but it depends on the ppl using it, whether they can handle it, or not.
if u got it in you, you will easily slip into addiction,
no matter what drug u prefer.
but there are as well tons of people i know, occasionally drinking and/or smoking the herb for years,
and they managed to stay on their "level",
without showing the sign of addiction, that one always ends up increasing ones intake.
so if you can handle it, fine.

but in general, i think alcohol is a more evil drug. it happens faster that your body shows signs of heavy drug abuse(shaking hands/limbs, liver/kidney failure, whatever). and it seems there are more serious consecuences in heavy use of alc compared to the real heavy weed-abuse.
in fact, the only sign of a heavily addicted weed-smoker i ever whitnessed, was waking up completely sweated wet (but just by using the bong on a daily basis, smoking at least 1-3 grams a day [these numbers are just a wild guess! i know a guy, who knows a guy, who told him before the other guy told me ;-D]).
perhaps at some point u will have lung cancer or kidney-failure,
but u have to do weed for decades to experience that. and for kidney failure there mostly has to be some shit in your shit, that doesn't belong there.

and i think at some point in history every country/society more or less "decided" whether alcohol or weed is their standard drug.
in the western hemisphere it is surely alcohol. but for example in many arab countrys or in the middle east or india/pakistan or whatever, there the alcohol is prohibited (many times even nowadays) and weed is socially more accepted.
guess it depends on the cultural background and/or the individual traditions of your region.

I agree with everything except the bolded part. That is not true. I have been drinking regularly from the age of 15 (I'm 22 now) and never have I witnessed a person having to suffer an alcohol poisoning. And I've socialized with a lot of people over the years in those "drinking circles".

So yeah I think that alcohol poisoning is just used in health education to scare young people, but in reality that kind of thing rarely happens.

I mean really you'd have to drink way much over your capacity to handle alcohol to get that kind of effect. It would basically mean drinking by force a booze bottle or two more when you are already ready to pass out.

i think most of the regular drinker would not even notice a difference of being fully drunk to having a serious alcohol-poisoning, since most of the "symptoms" do not differ much (lacking motional control over ones body, being heavily dehydrated...what else is appearing as a symptom, until one reaches a lethal dose?

 

[Kakashi Fang]

Alcohol

 

[RAMENATOR]

Ok so I think this can make a great discussion. What do you think is more dangerous of the two. And I have another question, why is alcohol legal if it kills tons of people(intoxication, drunk driving), and marijuana illegal if people rarely die smoking it?

1. You need to specify where it is illegal. Not everyone on this site lives in the United States or other countries where marijuana consumption is illegal.

2. If you drive while high, it is just as deadly as driving while under the influence of alcohol. DUI's are not merely alcohol violations.

3. Alcohol is legal (In the United States) because back in the 1920's they tried this thing called "Prohibition." Even though most areas were dry (Meaning alcohol consumption was prohibited) before Prohibition, it actually created an illicit trade market crime sky-rocketed.

4. The legalization of marijuana is hotly contested because it pretty much never has been legal in the States. Though I personally do not condone either alcohol or marijuana, I have not seen enough of a valid argument to explain why alcohol is legal and why marijuana should not be illegal. They both have pretty much the same effects though Marijuana, depending on the THC levels, can act as both an upper and a downer. If it was legalized, there would be a fair drop in crime, however, it would not be very significant because hardcore drugs are the true root of narcotics problems.

5. They are both equally "dangerous" when combined when abused and combined with activities other than a social atmosphere. Driving Under the Influence of any controlled substance (or anything that impairs your judgment, coordination, reaction speed, etc...) poses a risk on the general public. Marijuana, though illegal, does not have significant punishments attached to it as long as you have only enough for personal consumption. It's when you possess larger quantities that it becomes a real issue.

 

[Ethylacetat]

well dear owner of this dream try google lucid dreaming look at the steps try it until u reach sleep paralysis (wich is awfull) then think u stuck on something like that for days or weeks than u know why marijuana is illegal and about drinking to much its the people owns fault u can also die from drinking to much water ...