That's simply not true. You're wrong. I suggest you re-read the entire report again. There's a lot of data to digest and it's obvious, you either didn't read the whole report, or perhaps your true objective is to further obfuscate and mislead people on the effects of illegal drug use in America today. From my past encounters with you, I'll bet it's the latter.
First off, in the "HIGHLIGHTS" section it specifically states: Drug abuse deaths reported to DAWN may be either drug-induced or drug-related. A drug-induced death is any death in which the death was caused directly by the drug (i.e., a drug overdose). A drug-related death is one in which the ME has concluded that drug use contributed to the death, but was not its sole cause.
In the "BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY" section, it specifically states: The death was drug-induced (i.e., drug[s] directly caused the death) or drug-related (i.e., drug abuse was a contributing factor in the death);
These two definitions set the criteria that is used in the report.
Drug related deaths and drug induced deaths involving marijuana and hashish, can be distinguished when you look at table 2.17.
Table 2.17 shows the extent to which ME cases reported to DAWN involve multiple drug mentions per case. Among drugs mentioned at least 100 times, those most likely to be mentioned alone are marijuana/hashish....
Table 2.17 clearly states, of the 702 episodes that the ME`s said marijuana/hashish contributed to death, 26.9% of those 702 episodes contained no other drugs that lead to death. 26.9%, of the 702 total deaths, equals 188 episodes, where marijuana/hashish was the single cause of death.
Whether it's drug induced, or drug related, once again, the facts speak for themselves.
You can't argue with facts. You'll lose every time, sport.
That they're all drug related, since it is impossible to overdose on pot...