As someone who drank and smoked a lot as soon as they could at 18 until my house party era ended around 24 years old, the booze is way more dangerous and risky. Both things damage the developing brain for sure and I know I’m a little dimmer after the fact than I would’ve been otherwise, but alcohol can get wild. Some people I knew crashed and burned hard before their lives even really got started. I also built a huge social web and came out of my socially awkward shell during that time which doubles as a safety net going forward in life so, I won’t say what you should or shouldn’t do. I’m just saying there are risks and if someone gets bit, not everyone recovers. Oh and all drugs “soft” or hard and even shit like caffeine incur a debt that you always have to pay back eventually. More drugs, bigger body debt.

Edible first timer, I would suggest not just because the potential for a bad expierence is high and then it’s bad for many hours. Especially if you get anxiety / paranoia in response to being high at all or too high. Vape extract like a 510 cart ideally for better control over dosage and not inhaling tarry stank ass smoke. If you can only smoke accept wasting some and only hit it once and then wait 15min to see how you feel before a second puff. Getting too high fucking sucks especially for a beginner, fair warning.