article_snippet: A leading paediatrician has said A leading paediatrician  would rather A leading paediatrician  children used marijuana than alcohol, such is the devastation that drink can cause.
article_snippet: Aaron E. Carroll, professor of paediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine, said while A leading paediatrician  would prefer youngsters to use neither, if forced to make a choice, A leading paediatrician  would opt for pot.
article_snippet: But if I’m forced to make a choice, the answer is “marijuana".'
article_snippet: Aaron E. Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of MedicineMedicine, said while Aaron E. Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine would prefer youngsters used neither alcohol or marijuana, if forced to make a choice, Aaron E. Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine would opt for pot .
article_snippet: But in the course of Aaron E. Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine debate, Aaron E. Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine explains that while marijuana is easy to demonise because it's illegal, the evidence shows that in terms of harm and death, alcohol causes significantly more damage.
article_snippet: Aaron E. Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine goes on to argue that while research has linked marijuana to changes in the brain and psychosis, as well as changes in lung function and cancer risk, 'these are all associations, not known causal pathways'.
article_snippet: No such association has been found among marijuana users. '
article_snippet: People who are high are not committing violence,' Aaron E. Carroll, professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine explains.
article_snippet: Meanwhile binge drinking was responsible for around half of the 80,000 alcohol-related deaths in the United States in 2010, whereas cannabis kills virtually no one.
article_snippet: Professor Carroll states that while nine per cent of pot users eventually become dependent, more than 20 per cent of alcohol users do.
article_snippet: Despite being marginally in favour of marijuana over alcohol, Professor Carroll Professor Carroll denies Professor Carroll arguments are 'pro pot' - nor is Professor Carroll burying the negative effects of the drug.
article_snippet: Indeed, Professor Carroll goes on to acknowledge marijuana does have risks and negative consequences - and they are 'certainly greater than zero'.
highlights_snippet: Says Aaron E. Carroll is often asked if Aaron E. Carroll would prefer Aaron E. Carroll children to use alcohol or pot .
  
highlights_snippet: While the answer is obviously neither, Aaron E. Carroll says if pushed, Aaron E. Carroll'd opt for pot .
  