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Kolle · 02-18-2006, 03:34 PM

It seems like those supporting the laws against drugs keep forgetting that a legal drug, Tobacco, is far more deadly. Pot kills almost no one while Tobacco kills hundreds of thousands of americans every year.

Even when these laws didn't exist a small percent of the population went overboard with things like cocaine and opium. A ton of people smoked Tobacco even then.

Since things like cocaine are a little more extreme in how it treats your body, people understand that doing it is a bad choice. Since Tobacco takes awhile to kill you, too many people get trapped in it and die earlier than they should have. Wouldn't you agree that Tobacco is the more dangerous drug that should be illegal? That is, if you think it's right that these other drugs are illegal.

American deaths each year:

* Tobacco kills about 400,000
* Alcohol kills about 80,000
* Workplace accidents kill 60,000
* Automobiles kill 40,000
* Cocaine kills about 2,500
* Heroin kills about 2,000
* Aspirin kills about 2,000
* Marijuana kills 0

Now, please explain to me why pot is worse than tobacco.

Oh, just for the fun of it here are other ways you can die that are more frequent than illegal drugs:

Firearms - 28,663

Alzheimers - 49,558

Drowning - 3,842

Complications of Med/Surg Care - 3,059

Falls - 13,322

Poisoning and Noxious Subst's - 12,757

02-18-2006, 03:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
Kolle Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 4,879 -25 Internets	It seems like those supporting the laws against drugs keep forgetting that a legal drug, Tobacco, is far more deadly. Pot kills almost no one while Tobacco kills hundreds of thousands of americans every year. Even when these laws didn't exist a small percent of the population went overboard with things like cocaine and opium. A ton of people smoked Tobacco even then. Since things like cocaine are a little more extreme in how it treats your body, people understand that doing it is a bad choice. Since Tobacco takes awhile to kill you, too many people get trapped in it and die earlier than they should have. Wouldn't you agree that Tobacco is the more dangerous drug that should be illegal? That is, if you think it's right that these other drugs are illegal. American deaths each year: * Tobacco kills about 400,000 * Alcohol kills about 80,000 * Workplace accidents kill 60,000 * Automobiles kill 40,000 * Cocaine kills about 2,500 * Heroin kills about 2,000 * Aspirin kills about 2,000 * Marijuana kills 0 Now, please explain to me why pot is worse than tobacco. Oh, just for the fun of it here are other ways you can die that are more frequent than illegal drugs: Firearms - 28,663 Alzheimers - 49,558 Drowning - 3,842 Complications of Med/Surg Care - 3,059 Falls - 13,322 Poisoning and Noxious Subst's - 12,757 Last edited by Kolle : 02-18-2006 at 03:47 PM.