Both taken in order to produce a change in one's bodily functions, alcohol and marijuana differ mainly in the way society views the drugs based on historical misconceptions.
In the early days of the United States, most Americans had not been exposed to marijuana. It wasn't until the Mexican migrant workers introduced the drug into mainstream society that the American culture got a glimpse of the narcotic. Alcohol, however, had been brought to America by the widely accepted European culture and been passed down as a sort of tradition.
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