Pot Push in D.C. May Spur Congress to Weigh Legalizing

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Bar Fight! The Booze Industry is Furious over Campaigns Saying Weed is Safer than Alcohol

Booze lobbyists are becoming more and more pissed off at marijuana as legalization sweeps the country, the National Journal reported.

In the buildup to this weeks’ pot victory in Portland, Maine, the Marijuana Policy Project put up signs around the city which read: “I prefer marijuana over alcohol because it doesn't make me rowdy or reckless," and "I prefer marijuana over alcohol because it's less harmful to my body.”

In response, the alcohol lobby freaked out. Chris Thorne at the Beer Ins ute told National Journal that it’s a red herring to compare alcohol to pot.

"We believe it's misleading to compare marijuana to beer," he said, "Beer is distinctly different both as a product and an industry. Factually speaking beer has been a welcome part of American life for a long time. The vast majority drinks responsibly, so having caricatures won't really influence people,” he said.

A recent paper published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology which compared the relative physical, psychological, and social harms of cannabis and alcohol found: "A direct comparison of alcohol and cannabis showed that alcohol was considered to be more than twice as harmful as cannabis to [individual] users, and five times more harmful as cannabis to others (society),”

http://www.alternet.org/drugs/bar-fi...tter921527&t=9

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