Dispelling Some of the Myths Concerning Alcohol and Cannabis

  Addictions have serious health complications, as well as legal or socioeconomic repercussions. According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), each year, around five million people in the world die as a result of tobacco use, 2.5 million from alcohol abuse, and nearly 200 thousand due to illicit drugs. We’re going to dispel some of the myths concerning addictions, more specifically those related to the consumption of alcohol and cannabis. It should be noted that the fact that a substance is natural doesn’t necessarily mean that its effects on the body are innocuous. In fact, natural…