Well, not really. In terms of health, cannabis is waaay way way way better on your system than alcohol.
That's really my point though. While this is an interesting bit of trivia it is totally irrelevant unless your sole focus is to legalize cannabis. I support and strongly advocate it's relegalization (and use, hell, I like happy people!) it's on the "You're welcome to do whatever you want with your body" ground. Trading "bad alcohol" for "better pot" doesn't actually make you more free.
As I said, I understand the arguement being made - banning cannabis on the grounds that it's "unsafe" is stupid since alcohol is more harmful. For a small percentage of people, that's not an arguement for legalization of cannabis (they already have cannabis as "bad") but an arguement against alcohol ("If even the pot smokers say it's bad, it should be banned"). I'll stop beating that horse as soon as I feel I've conveyed that point clearly.
I just find it funny how he doesn't like cannabis because he feels out of control, whereas alcohol is actually much more measurably disabling
It's very much the perception of being out of control. On cannabis, I don't stumble or misstep, I just feel as if I am. Drunk, I probably do stumble a bit (but I've got lots and lots of practice) but with the lowered inhibitions, I just don't care.
The better drug, IMO, is the one that makes you feel best. For me, that's alcohol. I think "altering your mindset" to enjoy a drug is kind of more "work" than I'm really wanting to do in order to enjoy it.