Marijuana Policy Project

The pot folks are back. And they come bearing, once again, facts. This time they have offered $10,000 to anyone who can refute three statements about marijuana being safer than alcohol. Those three, according to Dave Schwartz of The Marijuana Policy Project, are that alcohol is “significantly more toxic” than pot, that “health effects from long-term alcohol consumption cause tens of thousands of more deaths in the U.S. annually than the health effects from the long-term consumption of marijuana” and, and, and ... he forgot the third one. Just kidding, potheads. The third was that those intoxicated by drink commit more violent crimes than those high on smoking grass. I bet Schwartz keeps his money.