Why do people think marijuana is worse than alcohol?

People seem to think that marijuana is much more dangerous than alcohol.

ALCOHOL
-causes brain damage
-can cause overdose
-causes hangovers
-makes users violent
-reduces inhibitions
-involved in 1/3 of domestic violence
- 80 000+ plus are killed each year as a result of it’s use
- highly addictive
- withdrawal can be fatal (delerium tremens)
MARIJUANA
- non-toxic
-amount required to overdose is impossible (about 1500 pounds is 10 minutes)
-does not give hangovers
-does not kill brain cells (try and prove me wrong, and no typical government websites)
- makes users happy and non-violent
- not addictive (unless sex, fast food, video games are addictive as well)
- no known deaths in it’s 10,000 years of use
- users are in full control
- is not a gateway drug
- many prominent and famous people use or have used it ( Michael Phelps, Barack Obama, George Clooney, Abraham Lincoln,Arnold Schwarzenegger, Neil Young, Friedrich Nietzsche, Bill Maher,)

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