Well as far as i'm concerned i regret a LOT of stuff i have done while drunk.. Atleast with pot i don't get that sick feeling the day after. I'm not talking about a physical hangover. I'm talking about the "moral" hangover. Drinking too often leads people to do things they would NEVER do.

Personally i have pretty much stopped drinking altogether. I smoke plenty of pot though. That brings it's own pitfalls no doubt. But it is certainly less harmful to my surroundings.

Many people often link pot to serious drug abuse, citing statistics that show young people starting with pot at progressing to harder drugs. Nobody ever cites whether those young people also DRANK before starting hard drugs.

Fact is that drug abuse is not caused by pot. Rather it is caused by how the young person FEELS. If somebody tries pot to alleviate their pain, chances are they will try harder drugs too. You can not combat that by making pot illegal. You can only combat that by finding out why young people are hurting so much that they look to booze, pot and other drugs to feel better.

Drug abuse is a disease. But pot is not the contagion. It is just a step along the road of pain, low self esteem and cynicism that is all too prevalent in today's youth.