Fortunately, Dr. David Bearman’s opinions on marijuana ( “I Told You So" ) occupy a thimble-sized space within the scientific-medical community. His bullet points are anecdotal and based on a few, minimal cases which he then presents as fact.
Glaringly misleadingly and flat out untrue is the last sentence in his Myth #7 stating that cannabis use in Alcoholics Anonymous, is A-okay and sanctioned. In all 12 Step programs, being stoned on pot is not different than be loaded on booze. Moreover, many recovered alcoholics and addicts regard cannabis as their gateway drug to opioid addiction. Just walk into any AA or NA meeting and hear it for yourself.
Or take it from me with 38 years recovery from alcohol and drugs. I smoked weed for 15 years, often hoping it would curb my craving for booze. It never did, nor for anyone else I’ve met at the thousands of meetings I’ve attended in Santa Barbara, NYC, LA, London et al.