But the products aren't without risk. They're much more potent than marijuana itself, and many times more potent than the pot brownies of yesteryear. More people have access to them. And they're easier to disguise than a bong or pipe.
Alcohol at moderate levels has some positive and negative effects on health. The negative effects include increased risk of liver diseases, oropharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer and pancreatitis. Conversely moderate intake of alcohol may have some beneficial effects on gastritis and cholelithiasis.
Short-term effects of alcohol consumption. (Redirected from Short-term effects of alcohol) Results of the 2010 ISCD study ranking the levels of damage caused by drugs, in the opinion of drug-harm experts. When harm to self and others is summed, alcohol was the most harmful of all drugs considered, scoring 72%.