Think about that next drink
Alcohol is legal, so what harm could it do? Actually, a lot of harm is done and we all know it. The government has our health in their best interest though, right? Now that we've shared a good laugh, I'd like to share some interesting information.Cannabis vs. Alcohol - Which is destroying your brain Faster?
"Alcohol use severity is associated with widespread lower gray matter volume and white matter integrity in adults, and with lower gray matter volume in adolescents," they concluded. By contrast, "No associations were observed between structural measures and past 30-day cannabis use in adults or adolescents." Source: Norml.org
There's so much more to discover about cannabis usage on human health, but we have plenty of scientific data to work with when it comes to alcohol. Unequivocal data. Yet this data is something our society ignores because the government gave us the 'go ahead' on alcohol consumption.
Cannabis can't kill you, but your doctor can
Cannabis has yet to kill a single human being in all of documented history. Even after the average potency of cannabis has risen exponentially in the last two decades. Pharmaceuticals kill people every 19 minutes in the United States. And thanks to alcohol & pharmaceuticals you don't even need to drink to become a statistic. Innocent people make up a large portion of those tragic deaths.In 2014, alcohol-impaired driving fatalities accounted for 9,967 deaths (31 percent of overall driving fatalities). source
We do not know everything, but we know enough
Many cannabis users are aware that their choice to consume the plant puts them at more legal risks, than health risks. The legal risks land you in a box, alive, but caged like alongside violent offenders.
The health risks won't kill you. The legal consequences, depending on where you live, won't kill you; just screw up your life.
Remember if you can
It might not be that joint you smoked in the 70's that is clouding your mind - it's probably the 3 beer bongs and that keg stand you did last Saturday night.
Alcohol changes your brain and anyone who's been drunk knows that it typically doesn't generate "bright ideas" - it's almost always "let's do stupid shit" ideas. I have scars to back that statement.
I'm not going to sit atop this pedestal and preach to you. I'm getting down to grab a beer because it's Saturday! I'm no hypocrite, but my state legislation sucks. I'd trade this cold beer for some fine cannabis any day of the week.
If you haven't already abused your brain too much today, feel free to browse these related articles, research, references:
• Study: Marijuana Use Not Associated With Previously Reported Changes In Brain Morphology - NORML.ORG • Daily Marijuana Use Is Not Associated with Brain Morphometric Measures in Adolescents or Adults - The Journal of Neuroscience • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism - Alcohol Facts and StatisticsModerate alcohol consumption as risk factor for adverse brain outcomes and cognitive decline: longitudinal cohort study
Conclusion
Advocate for what is right and let's educate ourselves with facts, not the propaganda that has failed so miserably to suppress such a wonderful gift to mankind.
The alternative is to eat what they feed us. We've been lead to believe that what is law is what is moral - this is a lie. Law is not justified by morality.
If the law says it's ok to consume something that ultimately is responsible for the deaths of human beings - what does your moral compass tell you?
It is time to end the era of misinformation that has kept this plant illegal.
The world deserves truth. Let's change that together Steemians!! Everything, except truth, in moderation my friends!