As someone who was raised by aggressive alcoholics, and I have myself struggled with weed addiction in the past (and seen weed addiction in others), it's really difficult to compare the substances. Yes, weed dependence is bad and people need to be aware of it, but alcohol (and I'd even say nicotine, but that's a different subject) are far more insidious than weed

Could you elaborate on the nicotine thing? I would say alcohol is far, far, far more insidious than both nicotine and cannabis; I would also say nicotine is less insidious than cannabis.