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Chart from American Scientist

 

With cannabis dispensaries popping up all over the place, and the with the advent of home delivery of weed, there's a lot of hand wringing about the availability of this drug. Quite often - those doing the most hand wringing are doing it whilst swilling a true poison - alcohol.  Yes, these concerned citizens conveniently overlook that according to the NIH, there is no safe amount of alcohol (a known carcinogen) that can be consumed. Indeed - in an article in American Scientist we see the following: Alcohol thus ranks at the dangerous end of the toxicity spectrum. So despite the fact that about 75 percent of all adults in the United States enjoy an occasional drink, it must be remembered that alcohol is quite toxic. Indeed, if alcohol were a newly formulated beverage, its high toxicity and addiction potential would surely prevent it from being marketed as a food or drug. This conclusion runs counter to the common view that one's own use of alcohol is harmless.  I think perhaps that for some folks, drinking alcohol in a form with cachet, like craft beer, or small batch whisky, or artisanal vodkas affords them camouflage. They get to modify their consciousness (catch a buzz) while nattering on about flavor profiles and how whatever they are drinking goes so well with what they are eating - etc. With cannabis consumption - nobody is fooling anybody about why they just ate three gummies.. They want to get fucked up, couch-locked, high - or -  at the very least - they want to turn down the noise for a bit. This on-the-metal desire (which is a very ancient urge) is likely a bit too bald for many delicate alcohol-sipping souls who are comfortable inside their cozy delusions..

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