 Next question is from hoop golf 89 if you had to quit drinking or weed forever Which would it be? Oh my god, that's easy easy drinking. Well, they don't even drink see you later. Yeah Well, no, I mean since the biotics I now will incorporate some alcohol because it does prevent the shitty feeling the next day Which is why I never drink so it always feel garbage the day after but look if you look at the data The data now is very clear Both have their own risks But if you had to compare them and you're a health and fitness fanatic, of course both can be abused Both can cause problems So I'm not saying, you know one is perfect and one isn't and anything can be abused also But if you had to compare them both with moderate usage and you want to look at Effects on body composition increased heart rate, you know increased heart disease risk increased cancer risk, you know All the all the stuff alcohol clearly is worse for your body clearly even a little bit of alcohol Isn't good for your body cannabis on the other hand marijuana First off if you smoke marijuana, that's the worst way to consume it because there's the most negative effects from it That being said they have yet to connect Smoking marijuana to lung cancer probably because of the anti-cancer effects of the actual cannabinoids in Cannabis the best way to consume it is to eat it right so edible form So you eliminate that part now. What do the studies show with cannabis? Can it have a negative effect on the brain? Yes, it can cause loss of motivation some issues with serotonin dopamine But does it cause the negative effects on the body like alcohol? No, not even close alcohol is way worse For your body than the cannabis I had to pick one it would be that they did they have shown in studies like in terms of developmental minds there's issues in terms of oh, yeah I'm talking about we can't be talking about under minors right now. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's where my you know Just caution goes out, but like yes I and I've become more of a fan of cannabis because of cannabinoids and you guys and just It's kind of an interesting thing like it's not it's not like when you're first exposed It was illegal and like your friend would you know show you something you'd get like way too paranoid And how it was like a bad experience basically like going straight to like whiskey and you're drinking like nothing But shots instead of like starting with beer. So there's a different way to consume it You know if you're more educated around it and you can get high strains of CBD And you know you don't have to go like completely off the deep end Right away, but yeah, it's it's to me. I've slowly become more of a fan of it But I'm still I mean occasional, you know, whiskey and Answer I'm gonna go with Alcohol cuz it's just in my blood So you just brought up something though that is kind of an interesting thought that I hadn't I haven't thought about yet Cuz my son's so young But I was while you were talking it made me go Oh, you know what I wonder if I was posed that question. What would I say? So if I had a choice though, so for me I said no brainer, right? But actually if my high school son came to me and said dad, I'm gonna smoke weed or I'm going to drink alcohol I would actually rather him drink alcohol. Okay. Well, hold on context matters They still are they are they both or would they both be non-abusive in other words? Yeah, of course I would never let my son or encourage any and I would have the right conversation I'm just saying if I if I had the if this was the rule like they went out with their buddies every once in a while They're gonna join versus yeah versus drink. I'd want to drink no way even if you look not for me Even if you look by the way by the way son if you're watching this do neither I'm not saying do you watch us. Yeah, no, he doesn't but at some point maybe somebody will send him this video And if I find out steady becomes a porn star. No, yeah, yeah No, when you look at the developmental effects that cannabis has on the brain it does but compare it to alcohol It's all so better. So that's alcohol also alcohol also has some does dangerous. Yeah, it's definitely there's a dangerous Elements out there is but I yeah, but that's so so here's part of and of course, I mean we're just playing a game right probably You know what? I know where you're going though when we were kids developmental mind. Yeah, that's where here's the problem When we grow up the kids that smoked a lot of weed were fucking losers Yeah, because they were and now why they were willing to unmotivate the law and motivated to yes And everybody drank alcohol. So that's why and I feel like it's easier to disguise weed throughout the day and do No time like it's like you're not as a kid Although there's exceptions the role those kids that came to school drunk It's a lot harder to disguise that and do that. I feel like yeah, you can eat it Because there's so much research around marijuana and that it has some health That I mean I went I had this conversation with my brother when so he was so he's what 12 years younger than me So I was 28 when I was doing the cannabis industry So was that put him at 16 16 years old, right? So he's in high school and his older brothers got dispensary clubs, you know And so I and he wasn't really into weed yet But he was starting to dabble with stuff and drinking all that and I remember having this conversation with them We're my biggest concern was like listen I I really didn't get introduced to this until I was in my late 20s and I'd already That had built a career and had success and worked hard and built good habits and fitness and reading and like That had all come together for me already at this at this point in my life And then I get introduced this awesome Thing that makes me chill out and veg out and watch TV and put my feet up and get the munchies and laugh And have a good time and absolutely loved it because I had I had already developed a responsible mind But being introduced to that at such a young age and that you get all those cool effects I just feel like it's really easy for a young mind to go like this is totally fine No big deal and then before they know it They're they're unmotivated and they don't get shit done And I feel like I watched my little brother do that and he's now getting closer to is getting closer to 30 And he's still kind of now. He abuses it. Yeah, no, of course, you know, I'll tell you what dude Okay, if you want to talk about abuse. Okay, think of people who abuse weed Stoners fucking, you know Unmotivated where think of people who abuse alcohol. Yeah, well, you're fucked Like you're not gonna overdose way less common though in the high school kids, right? Like you rarely I mean, I don't even I think I remember one or two kids that you know I would consider alcoholics or that were like sneaking, you know why though It's because believe it or not. This is a hundred percent true when I was in high school It was harder to get alcohol than it was to get weed. Well, it's still that way today Yeah, see because it's a regulated market another reason why again, I would be I would be more that I'll be more inclined to to caution my son with His cannabis use because I already know the law has already put enough restrictions in the way for him for alcohol Plus, you're not gonna buy what's gonna buy moonshine. You can't really get alcohol, right? That's what I'm saying It's like it's that the the laws have already put enough restrictions in his way Yeah, to making alcohol become like a daily thing Plus it'd be easy for me to tell if my son's getting drunk before school. Yeah, that's true But hiding cannabis and smoking it here and there all the time and it becoming a regular thing and access to it I would be more worried about that and and then him him kind of going down that path for rush make a really good point You know my strategy is that when my kids are old enough legally and I've already told my my kids this The first time you you really drink in the first time you try anything. That's legal You'll do it with me because I feel like Because they're gonna do it anyway They're gonna try it anyway whether they do it before they legally can or after you know if my kids like if they become You know if they're like goody-to-shoe, I'm sure they'll try it when they at least become legal, right? They'll sell let me see what this is all about and I know my first experience with my family never drank alcohol I know Italians typically drink well my house never had any alcohol So Mike's boat my first experience with drinking was I got way too smashed and because I didn't Same experience. I had no experience I didn't know you know what to explain so but I bet if I did it with my parents and they did it with me And we had a good time and they said no slow down and here's what it would have helped And so I want I would want that experience with my kids so that they develop more responsible So I mean your sons in high school now, so have you have you told him this yet? Yeah, I did Oh, so you've already told them. I've had this conversation. You've already said son when yeah Comes you want to try something? Oh, I'm gonna if he's in the same thing I'm gonna wait till he has his birthday, and I'm gonna say hey Do you want to try this and we'll do this together and we'll go a little bit and I'll show you because the same thing with cannabis now You know drinking too much alcohol that can have some really scary like like help like you could die You won't die from too much weed, but you'll feel like you'll fucking die I mean, I remember as a kid overdosing that I was terrible I think that's the the interesting part and the about that I think as a parent when you look at it And you we have the all the years experience of being around all the stuff and using it is that it's almost More dangerous that weed doesn't have as much Negative stuff tied to it as alcohol does you know like you think alcohol then you think like hard drugs like cocaine You think psilocybin LSD all these things kids are like most good kids At least I was like this like that's scared of all that stuff because you've heard all this stuff where you know Weed has gotten up a thing now where it's it's pretty cool like it's innocuous. Yes. I'm gonna do anything Yeah, so I and I will all you need is one overdose on THC to know that is not Less about that and more just to becoming accepted as like I get high all the time You know and then all of a sudden I've got this kid who's stoned every day and ain't doing shit with his life And doesn't think anything's wrong with it because we it's not bad for me You know I'm saying but it's like you ain't doing shit with your life because you're not present ever and not fucking realizing What's going on? Absolutely?