Monday, January 05, 2009

ANNUAL AMERICAN DEATHS CAUSED BY DRUGS

TOBACCO ........................ 400,000
ALCOHOL ........................ 100,000
ALL LEGAL DRUGS ................ 20,000
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS .............. 15,000
CAFFEINE ....................... 2,000
ASPIRIN ........................ 500
MARIJUANA ...................... 0
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Source: United States government...
National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Bureau of Mortality Statistics

6 comments:

yellowdoggranny said...

roll roll roll your dope
gently down the stream

yellowdoggranny said...

i never heard of anny one being arrested for being stoned and disorderly..

Tina said...

caffeine? coca-cola should have killed me by now

billy pilgrim said...

these numbers might be wrong.

i'd bet some cop has killed a kid over a joint.

texlahoma said...

YDG, disorderly sounds like a catch all phrase.
"Your honor, the defendant was observed walking in a disorderly manner as he left Wal-Mart."
"He was observed later that evening speaking in a disorderly manner." "He was almost flaunting his disorderliness!"

Tina, I'm letting alcohol and caffeine have a race on me. Odds are on the alcohol but it would really be a Cinderella story if the caffeine got me.

texlahoma said...

Wow Billy you weren't there a minute ago!
You're probably right about the numbers. But weed has probably saved a lot of lives. You can be mad enough to kill someone and smoke a joint and realize it's not worth it...the effort I mean.
So maybe the marijuana number should be negative.

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