idk about the numbers for say deaths per anum for the alcohol side, but everything else that i read is true..
i always watch that show intervention, and this one dude was an alcoholic, and he didn't want to go to rehab, all ran out of the intervention and shit.. well, they finally drag the guy to dry out, and like 70 days later he died of Esophageal Cancer, caused by the booze.. i've seen since several other alcoholics on the show who have also had the same..
booze is wicked nasty on the body.. one of the two things that one can die from the withdrawals from, benzo's being the second..
and i'm sure everyone has heard of rick simpson and his oil, which is said to have cured his cancer.. i'm not sure how accurate the reports are, but it sounds pretty interesting to me, so who knows, maybe weed does cure cancer, but of course i don't think they've been any real studies proving or disproving it as have good luck getting funding to do any positive mmj studies..
i've never heard the one about building brain cells for mj either.. just know all the bs shoved down my throat since a kid saying that it actually kills brain cells, but you know how those biased wifes tales go and usually have no base in reality..
weed is surely not addictive, trust me, i've been addicted to all sorts of fun stuff in my past, and have been smoking on and off for over 20 years now, and can put it down at any time and usually clean out for a month or two just to show myself i can go without bud and just take a break once in awhile.. try drinking everyday for a year and stop cold turkey and tell me how you fell.
everyone knows that you can't od from weed, trust me, i've tried and all i've done is passed out in front of the tv with a slice of pizza in my hand.. it doesn't take all that much booze to od on, and you always hear every year about some college student during rush season od'ing on booze and dying, happens quite often.
and lastly is the depressant vs non... of course booze is a major depressant on the body.. this is why it's never safe to drink too much and take certain other drugs that affect the central nervous system like benzo's and opiates.. your heart beat gets so slow that eventually your heart stops beating, death follows suite rather quickly at this point..
weed on the other hand is known to have anti depressant agents.. smoke a bowl, go out and enjoy the sun, walk the dog, get outside, do something, weed stimulates the mind and the body, which makes it harder to be depressed imo..