FACT: Ciggerettes will kill you and Marijuana does not..

[notoldschool]

I dont smoke Pot, but im sick of all the lies that lead to a wastefull war on drugs.

Annual Causes of Death in the United States
Tobacco 435,0001 --------------------------------------------------BINGO
Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 365,0001
Alcohol 85,000 1
Microbial Agents 75,0001
Toxic Agents 55,0001
Motor Vehicle Crashes 26,3471
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs 32,0002
Suicide 30,6223
Incidents Involving Firearms 29,0001
Homicide 20,3084
Sexual Behaviors 20,0001
All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect 17,0001, 5
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,6006
Marijuana 07 --------------------------------------------------BINGO


(2000): "The leading causes of death in 2000 were tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths), poor diet and physical inactivity (400,000 deaths; 16.6%), and alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%). Other actual causes of death were microbial agents (75,000), toxic agents (55,000), motor vehicle crashes (43,000), incidents involving firearms (29,000), sexual behaviors (20,000), and illicit use of drugs (17,000)."
(Note: According to a correction published by the Journal on Jan. 19, 2005, "On page 1240, in Table 2, '400,000 (16.6)' deaths for 'poor diet and physical inactivity' in 2000 should be '365,000 (15.2).' A dagger symbol should be added to 'alcohol consumption' in the body of the table and a dagger footnote should be added with 'in 1990 data, deaths from alcohol-related crashes are included in alcohol consumption deaths, but not in motor vehicle deaths. In 2000 data, 16,653 deaths from alcohol-related crashes are included in both alcohol consumption and motor vehicle death categories." Source: Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 19, 2005, Vol. 293, No. 3, p. 298.)

Source: Mokdad, Ali H., PhD, James S. Marks, MD, MPH, Donna F. Stroup, PhD, MSc, Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, "Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000," Journal of the American Medical Association, March 10, 2004, Vol. 291, No. 10, pp. 1238, 1241.


(2000): "Illicit drug use is associated with suicide, homicide, motor-vehicle injury, HIV infection, pneumonia, violence, mental illness, and hepatitis. An estimated 3 million individuals in the United States have serious drug problems. Several studies have reported an undercount of the number of deaths attributed to drugs by vital statistics; however, improved medical treatments have reduced mortality from many diseases associated with illicit drug use. In keeping with the report by McGinnis and Foege, we included deaths caused indirectly by illicit drug use in this category. We used attributable fractions to compute the number of deaths due to illicit drug use. Overall, we estimate that illicit drug use resulted in approximately 17000 deaths in 2000, a reduction of 3000 deaths from the 1990 report."

Source: Mokdad, Ali H., PhD, James S. Marks, MD, MPH, Donna F. Stroup, PhD, MSc, Julie L. Gerberding, MD, MPH, "Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000," Journal of the American Medical Association, March 10, 2004, Vol. 291, No. 10, p. 1242.


(2003): The US Centers for Disease Control reports that in 2003, there were a total of 31,484 deaths from suicide in the US.

Source: Hoyert, Donna L., PhD, Heron, Melonie P., PhD, Murphy, Sherry L., BS, Kung, Hsiang-Ching, PhD; Division of Vital Statistics, "Deaths: Final Data for 2003," National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 13 (Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, April 19, 2006), p. 5, Table C.


(2003): The US Centers for Disease Control reports that in 2003, there were a total of 17,732 deaths from homicide in the US.

Source: Hoyert, Donna L., PhD, Heron, Melonie P., PhD, Murphy, Sherry L., BS, Kung, Hsiang-Ching, PhD; Division of Vital Statistics, "Deaths: Final Data for 2003," National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 13 (Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, April 19, 2006), p. 5, Table C.


(2003): "In 2003, a total of 28,723 persons died of drug-induced causes in the United States (Tables 21 and 22). The category 'drug-induced causes' includes not only deaths from dependent and nondependent use of drugs (legal and illegal use), but also poisoning from medically prescribed and other drugs. It excludes unintentional injuries, homicides, and other causes indirectly related to drug use. Also excluded are newborn deaths due to mother?s drug use."

Source: Hoyert, Donna L., PhD, Heron, Melonie P., PhD, Murphy, Sherry L., BS, Kung, Hsiang-Ching, PhD; Division of Vital Statistics, "Deaths: Final Data for 2003," National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 13 (Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, April 19, 2006), p. 10.


(2003): "In 2003, a total of 20,687 persons died of alcohol-induced causes in the United States (Tables 23 and 24). The category 'alcohol-induced causes' includes not only deaths from dependent and nondependent use of alcohol, but also accidental poisoning by alcohol. It excludes unintentional injuries, homicides, and other causes indirectly related to alcohol use as well as deaths due to fetal alcohol syndrome."

Source: Hoyert, Donna L., PhD, Heron, Melonie P., PhD, Murphy, Sherry L., BS, Kung, Hsiang-Ching, PhD; Division of Vital Statistics, "Deaths: Final Data for 2003," National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 54, No. 13 (Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, April 19, 2006), p. 10.


(1996): "Each year, use of NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs) accounts for an estimated 7,600 deaths and 76,000 hospitalizations in the United States." (NSAIDs include aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, ketoprofen, and tiaprofenic acid.)

Source: Robyn Tamblyn, PhD; Laeora Berkson, MD, MHPE, FRCPC; W. Dale Jauphinee, MD, FRCPC; David Gayton, MD, PhD, FRCPC; Roland Grad, MD, MSc; Allen Huang, MD, FRCPC; Lisa Isaac, PhD; Peter McLeod, MD, FRCPC; and Linda Snell, MD, MHPE, FRCPC, "Unnecessary Prescribing of NSAIDs and the Management of NSAID-Related Gastropathy in Medical Practice," Annals of Internal Medicine (Washington, DC: American College of Physicians, 1997), September 15, 1997, 127:429-438, from the web at http://www.acponline.org/journals/an...ep97/nsaid.htm, last accessed Feb. 14, 2001, citing Fries, JF, "Assessing and understanding patient risk," Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology Supplement, 1992;92:21-4.


(Average 1982-1998): According to Canadian researchers, approximately 32,000 hospitalized patients (and possibly as many as 106,000) in the USA die each year because of adverse reactions to their prescribed medications.

Source: Lazarou, J, Pomeranz, BH, Corey, PN, "Incidence of adverse drug reactions in hospitalized patients: a meta-analysis of prospective studies," Journal of the American Medical Association (Chicago, IL: American Medical Association, 1998), 1998;279:1200-1205, also letters column, "Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospitalized Patients," JAMA (Chicago, IL: AMA, 1998), Nov. 25, 1998, Vol. 280, No. 20, from the web at http://jama.ama-assn.org/issues/v280...jlt1125-1.html, last accessed Feb. 12, 2001.


An exhaustive search of the literature finds no credible reports of deaths induced by marijuana. The US Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) records instances of drug mentions in medical examiners' reports, and though marijuana is mentioned, it is usually in combination with alcohol or other drugs. Marijuana alone has not been shown to cause an overdose death.

Source: Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), available on the web at http://www.samhsa.gov/; also see Janet E. Joy, Stanley J. Watson, Jr., and John A. Benson, Jr., "Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base," Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research, Institute of Medicine (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999), available on the web at http://www.nap.edu/html/marimed/; and US Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration, "In the Matter of Marijuana Rescheduling Petition" (Docket #86-22), September 6, 1988, p. 57.

[LauraLee]

Some interesting statistics you have there. Appreciate the share.

[Paco, of Large Cash.]

Why isn't junk & fast food illegal?

That clown, Ronald (McDonalds), pushes one of, if not THE, deadliest drug!

What's the sign (toll) read now?

Over 3-billion cardiac arrests

[notoldschool]

Originally Posted by Paco, of Large Cash.

Why isn't junk & fast food illegal?

That clown, Ronald (McDonalds), pushes one of, if not THE, deadliest drug!

What's the sign (toll) read now?

Over 3-billion cardiac arrests

No shit. The funny part is how Fast food markets heavily to our kids. Gotta love all the clowns and shit they use to get kids hooked while they are still young. Im waiting for the day these idiots who waste billions on trying to stop people from smoking a plant to camp out in front of gas stations with signs asking for ciggerets and alchohol to be banned. It amazes me that America has made it this far with the complete idiots that are running the streets.

[Fizzgig]

I'm going to Burger King today.

[Brother Bilo]

FACT: When it's your time to go, it's your time to go. Might as well have fun while you can.

[Jace]

Originally Posted by Brother Bilo

FACT: When it's your time to go, it's your time to go. Might as well have fun while you can.

amen to that brutha

i could not imagine a life of strict diet and total discipline all the time, it would drive me nuts

for all I know I am only on earth as a human once, I am going to enjoy the FUCK out of it, do everything I can and see everything I can see...if that means doing a fat rail of coke and smoking as cigarette every once and a while, then so be it!

[pornask]

Originally Posted by notoldschool

Sexual Behaviors 20,0001

Huh? What exactly does this mean? How does sexual behavior kill 20K people?

[Nydahl]

I am the next 1 to kill - trying to quit since the new year but no good results so far

[Paco, of Large Cash.]

Originally Posted by pornask

Huh? What exactly does this mean? How does sexual behavior kill 20K people?

uh, AIDS, STDs, and all the accidental deaths from strangulation practices (hypoxia).

[Scott McD]

Originally Posted by Brother Bilo

FACT: When it's your time to go, it's your time to go. Might as well have fun while you can.

Hell yeah !!

I'm sick to death of people telling me what to eat, what to drink, how much exercise i should do, don't do this, don't do that.

Fuck off and do what YOU want to do. Leave me to deal with my own shit...


(all those 'great lifestyle' people end up dead sooner or later anyway)

[ADL Colin]

What's the big deal about trying to maximize the number of years of life anyway?
65 was just fine. Wasn't it?

[FreshDVDRich]

I think its all genetics - some people have great genes and will live 100 years no matter what they do to themselves and others drop dead at 50 for smoking a couple of cigs when they were young.

[Vick!]

Its mean I can make the list by killing at least 7 people a year? Sounds tempting ..

[DivaShane]

Long live cannabis!

[Hollywood Horwitz]

who cares if cigarettes kill people, theres an over population problem and too much traffic. if peeps wanna smoke em, i think they should.

[donkevlar]

I'm all for stats that make weed seem good for you...

What I don't get is how they get a huge number of deaths in their stats by tobacco from shit like lung cancer and emphysema (I assume) and somehow completely rule out the possibility of getting these same things from smoking weed (or anything else for that matter, smoke in general).

Have there been enough studies on people who smoke marijuana and NOT cigarettes vs those who smoke strictly cigarettes?

[donkevlar]

Originally Posted by Hollywood Horwitz

who cares if cigarettes kill people, theres an over population problem and too much traffic. if peeps wanna smoke em, i think they should.

Cigarettes and Aids, the ultimate population control combo! USA, USA!

[SleazyDream]

shoot em all - let god sort em out