"Legalization advocates note that pot addiction is not nearly as destructive as, say, abuse of alcohol."

Interesting that the word "addiction" isn't used with alcohol, which is physically addictive, but is used with pot, which isn't physically addictive. Seems like a better writer would've gone with the simple and straightforward "... as destructive as alcoholism." Adding the "say," in there, and using the more detached "abuse of alcohol", seems like an intentional weighting of the comparison.