Alcohol vs. Marijuana

Marijuana vs. Alcohol

“In fact, someone fifth to one third of Americans assumes that pot is more dangerous than booze. Another one third of Americans consider marijuana to be just as dangerous as alcohol.” It is my contention that these misconceptions about marijuana alleged dangers are the primary obstacle to changing the laws when it comes to marijuana in our country. Therefore, my goal is to show to you, the reader, that marijuana is not only less harmful than alcohol but that the difference is really quite significant. With science and society forever changing, the subject of marijuana is changing as well.

Over the tears science has proven that marijuana is safer that alcohol. There have been myths that marijuana damages brain cells, when in actuality studies have proven that marijuana has neuroprotective properties. One major study done by researchers at the University of California San Diego has proven this fact. Subjects aged sixteen to nineteen years old were used for this study. The study showed the people that binge drink showed more evidence of white brain matter damages in eight regions of the brain that were examined. While on the other hand, the people that smoked marijuana actually had little or no damage to their brain than those who drank.

There have been many people who have succumb to the over usage of alcohol and tragically lost their life to an overdose. For a person to overdose on alcohol they need to have a blood alcohol content of 300 to 400mg/dl (milligrams/deciliter). Which often leads to unconsciousness and a person with a blood alcohol content on over 400mg/dl could lead to death. Marijuana is a lot safer drug on the other hand. An article published by the Oxford University Press in 2000 states “Laboratory animals can tolerate doses up to and including 1000mg/kg. This would be equivalent of a seventy kilogram person swallowing seventy grams of the drug. That number is 5,000 times more than what...