"There's not a lot of quality data on the health effects of regular pot use, but what I've read says it's something of a mix of the effects of alcoholism and cigarette addiction."
That's just wrong.
Alcohol kills tens of thousands of people through liver failure and various other adverse affects. Pot does not.
Alcohol is pretty far up the addiction scale. Pot is not (though it does have some addiction potential).
Alcohol withdrawal can actually kill you, which is worse than pretty much anything else I know. Pot withdrawal may disturb your sleep for a week, if you're a heavy user.
Tobacco kills an enormous amount of folks. Pot smoke is not nearly as toxic (AFAICT) and you don't have to smoke it anyway.
There is a lot of data on this, a quick search on your favourite engine will find it for you, it's not like pot was just discovered last week.
That's just wrong.
Alcohol kills tens of thousands of people through liver failure and various other adverse affects. Pot does not. Alcohol is pretty far up the addiction scale. Pot is not (though it does have some addiction potential). Alcohol withdrawal can actually kill you, which is worse than pretty much anything else I know. Pot withdrawal may disturb your sleep for a week, if you're a heavy user.
Tobacco kills an enormous amount of folks. Pot smoke is not nearly as toxic (AFAICT) and you don't have to smoke it anyway.
There is a lot of data on this, a quick search on your favourite engine will find it for you, it's not like pot was just discovered last week.