• conorm
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      alcohol is because we’ve had it for thousands of years and it has been known to be fine when consumed in moderation (something 99% of people can do), whereas tobacco is not something that you can just “smoke on occasion”, it is exclusively smoked either by those trying it for the first time, or by those who are hooked already (not to mention the fact that alcohol is much worse than tobacco over a lifetime regardless)

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        Then you should be fine with people smoking weed since there’s evidence of its use since 10,000 BC. About 7000 years before the creation of beer by the Egyptians

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          Nonsense! God created the earth like 2000ish years ago, and the devils lettuce only grew because of your vile sins ;-)

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          weed was not made in lab in the 90s. People continue to use weed now and have for a long time and yet it causes less problems than alcohol. Never has anybody died from consuming too much marijuana.if you’re arguing that alcohol is safe but weed isn’t, you are not being reasonable at all. People die from over consumption of alcohol, people get in fights and arguments, with alcohol. Weed is less likely to do all those things.

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          there is no evidence of it being consumed and not having negative benefits, unlike beer

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            Therapeutic Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids

            Chapter highlights:

            In adults with chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, oral cannabinoids are effective antiemetics.

            In adults with chronic pain, patients who were treated with cannabis or cannabinoids are more likely to experience a clinically significant reduction in pain symptoms.

            In adults with multiple sclerosis (MS)-related spasticity, short-term use of oral cannabinoids improves patient-reported spasticity symptoms.

            Alcohol is literally poison, marijuana is not. Gtfo with your ignorance and fear mongering and do some research before you try to spread your lies

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        It turns out that even “moderate” alcohol consumption is likely very bad for you.

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          false, i can’t name a single person i know who has suffered medical issues related to alcohol consumption who i know personally

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            Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one’s prior beliefs or values.

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              it’s not a tendency when it’s factual lmao

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            Wow, when are they giving you the novel price for your extra science-y methods of sciencing?

            If only those loser scientists knew they could get their answers by casually observing a few of their friends we could’ve had hover cars by now.

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              it’s one that evidently works

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        I have been smoking cigars and pipes “on occasion” for 20+ years. And by “on occasion” I mean “between a few times per year and a couple times per month”. In fact, almost every cigar/pipe smoker I know is exactly the same way. Cigarettes, however, are a COMPLETELY different beast. You just can’t conflate all tobacco products like that.

        Also, use of weed predates beer.

        So… wrong on all counts.