I was a pot smoker in the late 70's and early 80's(In 1980 actually debated for Libertarain presidential candidate Ed Clarke in high school, since he was a pro-potter, then I grew up). Tried cigarettes, never a regular user, maybe bought 1 or 2 packs of cigarettes in my life. Bought cartons of them for my Mom, she finally quit around 87 or so.
Anyway, if I had the choice and it was an emergency, I would rather have the CEO of Phillip Morris do emergency surgery on me than Tommy Chong.
Nothing like a "real world" scenario to drive a point home.
Well thanks for the answer, and in the spirit of Drug War detente, I will you give you an answer to your imaginary hypothetical.
If I were stuck on a desert island and had to have surgery performed by one of only two doctors on this island, and one of them just smoked a cig and the other a joint, I would choose the one who smoked the joint because he had the good sense to smoke something that made him feel better not worse.
I bet you had a white boy 'fro and/or a perm.