Which can't happen with marijuana.
We get a few of those a year.
Alcohol is the real gateway drug.
No one has ever been recorded as dying from the physiological effects of marijuana.
The Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan. 19, 2005, Vol. 293, No. 3, p. 298, reported on the leading causes of death in the United States:
Tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths)
Poor diet and physical inactivity (400,000 deaths; 16.6%)
Alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%)
Don't forget nicotine...which, like alcohol, is physically addictive (I know this quite well, 'cuz I was a tobacco addict for 19 yrs!). On the other hand, marijuana doesn't fit into that category. Oftentimes I go w/o smoking it simply because I either lose interest, have more important things to do, the supply is low, etc.....& it doesn't bother me one bit.