Well, maybe not one third are alcoholic, but the impact of alcohol is negative.
The difference is we have about 5,000 years of alcohol as part of culture. Can’t do much about that.
Marijuana is not part of traditional culture.
We can discourage people from using it.
Adding another harmful drug into the mix makes no sense.
And pot use is harmful — especially on the young. http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/pot/f/mjp_faq12.htm
I’ve seen what pot does to teenager’s mental abilities. They don’t call it dope for nothing.
The difference is we have about 5,000 years of alcohol as part of culture. Can’t do much about that.
Marijuana is not part of traditional culture.
We can discourage people from using it.
A plausible theory - but the history of the War On Marijuana (which 42% of Americans have used) provides no evidence that we can do much more about marijuana than about alcohol.
Adding another harmful drug into the mix makes no sense.
"Adding" is not an issue ... marijuana is already here.
And pot use is harmful
Many things are potentially harmful - Big Gulps, bacon double cheeseburgers, rock climbing, etc. - shall we ban them all?