{"id":6538,"date":"2016-08-15T17:28:54","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T17:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cannitrol.com\/\/why-do-we-always-compare-smoking-weed-to-drinking-alcohol-esquire-com\/"},"modified":"2016-08-15T17:28:54","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T17:28:54","slug":"why-do-we-always-compare-smoking-weed-to-drinking-alcohol-esquire-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/why-do-we-always-compare-smoking-weed-to-drinking-alcohol-esquire-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Do We Always Compare Smoking Weed to Drinking Alcohol? &#8211; Esquire.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/why-do-we-always-compare-smoking-weed-to-drinking-alcohol-esquire-com\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"7\" style=\"vertical-align:top;\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"80\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTSQB7XeuLfvVnuVnx1L4fUa4lYA&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52779179930432&amp;ei=c_uyV6i8LZec3QG3pbyoCw&amp;url=http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/lifestyle\/health\/news\/a47670\/marijuana-cigarette-alcohol-use\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/t2.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRb4lvjHljIMX0e4YfKIZ0gJ6FPJ0RU613awMTVr_LFIRe5eX105bNzsMwOpS0xsunoA03zVq2y\" alt=\"\" border=\"1\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\"><br \/><font size=\"-2\">Esquire.com<\/font><\/a><\/font><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" class=\"j\"><font style=\"font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-top:0.8em;\"><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"lh\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/news\/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;ct2=us&amp;usg=AFQjCNHTSQB7XeuLfvVnuVnx1L4fUa4lYA&amp;clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&amp;cid=52779179930432&amp;ei=c_uyV6i8LZec3QG3pbyoCw&amp;url=http:\/\/www.esquire.com\/lifestyle\/health\/news\/a47670\/marijuana-cigarette-alcohol-use\/\"><b>Why Do We Always Compare <b>Smoking Weed<\/b> to Drinking Alcohol?<\/b><\/a><br \/><font size=\"-1\"><b><font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Esquire.com<\/font><\/b><\/font><br \/><font size=\"-1\">Scientifically, <b>marijuana<\/b> supposedly causes less damage to the body than alcohol. 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