Alcohol and marijuana are two drugs commonly used and abused in the United States. Alcohol can take a serious toll on your health, it can lead to heart problems, liver problems, pancreas, and even cancer. Marijuana is not good for you either, but it is not as bad as alcohol. “A study of 129 college students found that, among those who smoked the drug at least 27 of the 30 days before being surveyed, critical skills related to attention, memory, and learning were seriously diminished.”(source 1) People don’t understand that marijuana can do such a thing because the effects happen slow and unnoticeable. When you drink alcohol it would be out of your system most likely the next day. But when you smoke the THC stays in your body for almost a whole month. So if you have to take a drug test at your job, you would get fired even if you smoked one time in a month. Alcohol is much different, you can only get caught in the process of being drunk. When driving drunk you have a very high chance of getting into a car accident and possibly killing yourself or others. “One study by a computer software company reported that people who smoked a small amount of marijuana drove faster and with fewer collisions in a driving computer game. Another study said that marijuana causes abnormally slow driving, …show more content…
When people tend to smoke it makes them laugh, it puts you in a better mood. It also helps you deal with stress and depression. “Epilepsy is one of the main health conditions currently being treated by cannabis and cannabis extracts. Weed is so good at treating seizures, it can stop them in their tracks.”(source 3) People I know mostly smoke weed to help with their Arthritis. “When you smoke weed the cannabinoids that enter your body reduce swelling and inflammation. And this does all sorts of good things for your body.”(source