There is not one addiction specialist that would make the absurd appraisal that the affects (physical, emotional, social) of pot as opposed to alcohol are remotely similar except that both addicts crave their drug of choice. Comparing pot to alcohol is like comparing the moon to earth. There's plenty of info concerning this on the web if you care to be factual in your posts.

You are a complete and utter hypocrite. What are you so afraid of? A common weed? A flower? a mixture of charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter? a gun that shoots more then one bullet per trigger manipulation? In a free, prosperous, society regulations against such things are not needed nor legal. You have fallen victim to the fabrication that abuse of these things are the problem. Allow me to inform you that they are nothing but a symptom of the much greater, all encompassing problem of corruption. Corruption brought on by greed and perpetrated on society by people who see you and I as mere objects, or better yet, subjects. You agree with them because you have been conditioned to agree with them. But their illusion of control is no more valid then yours. My quest for freedom is just as valid to me as your illusion of control is to you. The difference is that I dream of freedom, and you want control.

Drugs are an escape. The more the economy deteriorates, the more drug use climbs. You want to curb drug use? Fix the economy. Your attempts to train intelligent wild animals (humans) has been, is, and will always be a lesson in futility.