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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 Carly Fiorina suggested marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol. She's wrong. 🌿Carly Fiorina suggested marijuana is more dangerous than alcohol. She's wrong.
During her factually troubled debate performance last week, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina accidentally made at least one somewhat accurate remark: "We are misleading young people when we tell them that marijuana is just like having beer. It's not."
Fiorina is right — just not in the way she meant. She was arguing that pot is more dangerous than alcohol. But the evidence shows the opposite is true — marijuana is, in fact, safer than alcohol.
This distinction should be a big deal for Fiorina and other presidential candidates: Getting this right isn't just a matter of being informed; it's also key to understanding some of the major issues surrounding marijuana, alcohol, and drug policy today.
Marijuana is less dangerous than alcohol
A 2010 study published in The Lancet found that alcohol is among the most dangerous drugs in the world, and far more dangerous than...
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