Booze or Weed: What’s Worse for Your Health?
February 4, 2025

(Wall Street Journal) – Both can do you harm, and the debate is clouded by less research into the effects of cannabis
A renewed focus on alcohol’s health effects has rekindled a common debate: Is alcohol or marijuana worse for you? Sorry, folks, but the short answer is that both can be bad.
“The reality is, if you’re really worried about your health, you wouldn’t use either of them,” says Ryan Vandrey, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who helps run the Cannabis Science Lab.
The longer answer: The question is complicated by the fact that alcohol has been widely studied for decades, while research into cannabis, particularly in edible form, is still catching up. (Read More)