Is weed actually worse than alcohol?? | Macee

 "As has been well documented, I smoked pot as a kid, and I view it as a bad habit and a vice, not very different from the cigarettes that I smoked as a young person up through a big chunk of my adult life" - Barack Obama 

So it is almost impossible to compare these two substances together simply because of the fact that weed is still illegal in most countries in the world, which means that we don´t have that much evidence of the actual harm of pot as of now. But still it is possible to compare the substances in some ways including short term effects of both of the substances. 

Short term effects of marijuana 

 

• Short-term memory problems
• Severe anxiety, including fear that one is being watched or followed (paranoia)
• Very strange behavior, seeing, hearing or smelling things that aren’t there, not being able to tell imagination from reality (psychosis)
• Panic
• Hallucinations
• Loss of sense of personal identity
• Lowered reaction time
• Increased heart rate (risk of heart attack)

Short term effects of alcohol

• Slurred speech
• Drowsiness
• Vomiting 
• Diarrhea
• Upset stomach
• Headaches
• Breathing difficulties 
• Distorted vision and hearing 
• Impaired judgment 
• Decreased perception and coordination 
• Unconsciousness 
• Anemia (loss of red blood cells) 
• Coma
• Blackouts (memory lapses, where the drinker cannot remember events that occurred while under the influence)

So, comment down below which substance do you think will cause more harm for the people that consume it. In my humble opinion alcohol has more short and long term effects on a persons body and I would think that it is also worse for you. 

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