Thought it would be obvious. Alcohol causes tons of deaths through drunk driving and tons of fights are caused by angry drunks. Drug use simply harms the user 99% of the time.
Oh, and for the record, I've never had alcohol nor done a single drug in my life. I'm also married with a 3 year old, for the person accusing me of being a virgin to nullify my opinions.
Here is a comparison of statistics:
http://drugwarfacts.org/cms/?q=node/30
There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in US history.
As you can see from the stats, 80k deaths are for alcohol related whereas 17,000 are all other drugs combined.
http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/alcoholdrug/index.htm
# Alcohol is used by more young people in the United States than tobacco or illicit drugs.1
# Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with approximately 75,000 deaths per year.2
# Alcohol is a factor in approximately 41% of all deaths from motor vehicle crashes.
http://www.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/53/#crime
Alcohol use is highly associated with violent crime, whereas marijuana use is not.
About 3 million violent crimes occur each year in which victims perceive the offender to have been drinking at the time of the offense.
Two-thirds of victims who suffered violence by an intimate (a current or former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend) reported that alcohol had been a factor.
Among spouse victims, 3 out of 4 incidents were reported to have involved an offender who had been drinking. Source: U.S. Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics. National Crime Victimization Survey 2002.
Of the psychoactive substances examined, among individuals who were chronic partner abusers, the use of alcohol and cocaine was associated with significant increases in the daily likelihood of male-to-female physical aggression; cannabis and opiates were not significantly associated with an increased likelihood of male partner violence.
the odds of any male-to-female physical aggression were more than 8 times (11 times) higher on days when men drank than on days of no alcohol consumption. The odds of severe male-to-female physical aggression were more than 11 times (11 times) higher on days of mens drinking than on days of no drinking. Moreover, in both samples, over 60% of all episodes occurred within 2 hours of drinking by the male partner. Source: Fals-Stewart , William, James Golden, Julie A. Schumacher. Journal of Addictive Behaviors. 28, pages 1555-1574. Intimate partner violence and substance use: A longitudinal day-to-day examination. Research Institute on Addictions, University at Buffalo, State University of New York
A Harvard School of Public Heath study found that 72 percent of college rapes occurred when the female was too intoxicated by alcohol to resist/consent. Source:
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/rapeintox-pressRelease/
Note their description of alcohol: "Alcohol is the most commonly used chemical in drug facilitated sexual assault. In large part this is due to the fact that alcohol is easily accessible and a chemical that many people use in social interactions." Given the fact that marijuana is also "easily accessible" and used widely in "social interactions," it is quite telling that marijuana is not even listed at all on this "Drug Facilitated Assault" page.
Alcohol contributes to about 599,000 unintentional student injuries each year. No such statistics exist when it comes to student marijuana use. Source: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Task Force on College Drinking, 2007.