Which is worse, booze or pot?

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"The first answer always has to be neither," according to Dr. Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. But then he acknowledges they're not exactly equivalent -- and he considers alcohol much more dangerous.

Carroll wrote a provocative piece for the New York Times exploring what's known about the risks of these two popular but easily abused substances. And while doesn't advocate underage users trying either one, he says it's clear that overall, alcohol causes a lot more harm.

www.cbsnews.com/news/which-is-worse-booze-or-pot-a-doctor-weighs-in/

Would this be the same alcohol in beer commercials that saturate television screens?

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"Very high levels of arsenic" in top-selling wines

They included Trader Joe's famed Two-Buck Chuck White Zinfandel, which came in at three times the limit, a bottle of Ménage à Trois Moscato was
four times the limit and a Franzia White Grenache had five times the EPA limit for drinking water.

The lower the price of wine on a per-liter basis, the higher the amount of arsenic

The highest level found in one of the bottles tested can be deadly over time.

It has as many effects inside the body as cigarette smoking.

www.cbsnews.com/news/lawsuit-claims-high-levels-arsenic-found-some-california-made-wines/