Number
of American deaths per year that result directly or primarily from
the following selected causes nationwide, according to World Almanacs,
Life Insurance Actuarial (death) Rates, and the last 20 years
of U.S. Surgeon Generals' reports.
|
TOBACCO
|
340,000
to
450,000
|
ALCOHOL
(Not
including all alcohol related highway deaths & murders)
|
150,000+
|
ASPIRIN
(Including deliberate overdose).
|
180
to
1,000+
|
CAFFEINE
(From stress, ulcers, and triggering irregular heartbeats,
etc).
|
1,000
to
10,000
|
"LEGAL"
DRUG OVERDOSE
from legal, prescribed, patent medicines, and/or mixing
with alcohol - e.g. Valium/alcohol (deliberate or accidental).
|
14,000
to
27,000
|
ILLICIT
DRUG OVERDOSE
from all illegal drugs (deliberate or accidental).
|
3,800
to
5,200
|
|
CANNABIS
/ MARIJUANA
|
0
|
(Marijuana
users also have the same or lower incidents of murders and highway deaths
and accidents than the general non-marijuana using population as a whole.
Cancer Study, UCLA; U.S. Funded ($6 million), First & Second Jamaican
Studies, 1968 to 1974; Costa Rican Studies, 1980 to 1982; et al. LOWEST
TOXICITY 100% of the studies done at dozens of American universities
and research facilities show pot toxicity does not exist. Medical history
does not record anyone dying from an overdose of marijuana (UCLA, Harvard,
Temple, etc).
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