| Annual deaths related to Tobacco, Alcohol & Other Drugs, |
| Tobacco |
| Alcohol |
| Hard Drugs |
| Ecstasy |
| United States |
| 400,000 |
| 100,000 |
| 6000 |
| ? |
| France |
| ? |
| ? |
| 400 |
| ? |
| Germany |
| ? |
| ? |
| 2100 |
| ? |
| Britain |
| 110,000 |
| 30,000 |
| 300 |
| 6 |
| Netherlands |
| 20,000 |
| 2000 |
| 40 |
| 1 ? |
| The following graphical charts from the DRC Library show data for the US. Drug Related Deaths - Number of deaths per year attributed to illegal drug use. Includes opiates, cocaine, PCP, amphetamines. Substance Abuse Related Deaths - Number of deaths per year due to various substance. Includes tobacco, obesity, alcohol, opiates, cocaine. Substance Abuse Related Deaths - Includes obesity, tobacco, alcohol, illicit drugs. Substance Abuse Related Deaths - Magnified view of deaths from illicit drugs. Annual Deaths from Drugs in the US - Includes prescription drugs. |
| "In strict medical terms, marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example, eating ten raw potatoes can result in toxic response. By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough cannabis to induce death." |
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| � Did You Know: That in the 1930's Hemp was a Billion Dollar a year commercial business in the U.S. Our government, led by Harry Anslinger and the Federal Bureau of Narcotics demonized marijuana & hemp with a campaign similar to what Hitler did with the Jews. �� You ask yourself, why does the U.S. government need for drugs to remain illegal? Because legalization would remove the need for billions of dollars in law enforcement and prison budgets.� With Legalization, the price of illecit drugs would be drastically reduced causing the estimated 200 BILLION dollars a year laundered through our banks to dry up, and that 200 BILLION supports Wall St. & many powerful special interests there. |
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| A Quote from the DEA. |
| Finally, for Cannabis, we have to resort to comparison with ... potatoes. |
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| Over 2 Million Citizens in Prison It's the Drug War Stupid |
| "Prohibition will work great injury to the cause of temperance. It is a species of intemperance within itself, for it goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control mans appetite by legislation, and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principals upon which our government was founded." ~Abraham Lincoln~ |
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| 2001 in Drug Statistics - Estimated U.S. deaths in year 2001 attributed to: Tobacco:400,000; Alcohol: 110,000; Prescription Drugs: 100,000; Suicide: 30,000; Murder: 15,000; Aspirin and related Painkillers:7600; |
| And Cannabis? |
| "The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by its results, while a crusade is judged by how good it makes its crusaders feel." - Thomas Sowell |
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| Click Mr Jay - |
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