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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
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6 comments:

  1. yellowdoggrannyMonday, January 5, 2009 at 7:06:00 PM CST

    roll roll roll your dope
    gently down the stream

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  2. yellowdoggrannyMonday, January 5, 2009 at 7:06:00 PM CST

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

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  3. TinaTuesday, January 6, 2009 at 6:43:00 PM CST

    caffeine? coca-cola should have killed me by now

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  4. billy pilgrimTuesday, January 6, 2009 at 7:39:00 PM CST

    these numbers might be wrong.

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

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  5. texlahomaTuesday, January 6, 2009 at 7:44:00 PM CST

    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.

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  6. texlahomaTuesday, January 6, 2009 at 7:52:00 PM CST

    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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