Marijuana has been compared to other drugs for years. Most comparisons concentrate on marijuana compared to alcohol. The dangers of alcohol have been known for years. Marijuana has been compared to opioids because of the pain reducing qualities of some marijuana products without the side effects of opiods. There are so many references world-wide that we have just decided to post a few of those references. There are pros and cons to all.
Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the US infographic
https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/painkilleroverdoses/infographic.html
Opioid Painkiller Prescribing- Where You Live Makes a Difference
http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/opioid-prescribing/
Teen use of drugs Research Sponsored by NIDA and NIH
http://monitoringthefuture.org/data/18data/18drtbl11.pdf
Drug use by teens to age 55 2017 Sponsored by NIDA and NIH
http://monitoringthefuture.org/pubs/monographs/mtf-vol2_2017.pdf
Alcohol Poisoning Deaths
https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/alcohol-poisoning-deaths/
Excessive Drinking is Draining the U.S. Economy
https://www.cdc.gov/features/costsofdrinking/index.html
Recreational marijuana legalization and prescription opioids received by Medicaid enrollees
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30390550
Carcinogenicity of acetaldehyde in alcoholic beverages: risk assessment outside ethanol metabolism.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19335652
Alcohol Intake and Risk of Incident Melanoma: A Pooled Analysis of Three Prospective Studies in the United States
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27909090
Comparative risk assessment of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other illicit drugs using the margin of exposure approach
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311234/
