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"Number of American deaths per year that result directly or primarily from the following selected causes nationwide, according to World Almanacs, Life Insurance Actuarial (death) Rates, and the last 20 years of U.S. Surgeon Generals' reports."

The chart is talking about DIRECT deaths, not "deaths as a result of".

That isn't enough, on the bottom of the chart it says:

"(Marijuana users also have the same or lower incidence of murders and highway deaths and accidents than the general non-marijuana using population as a whole. Crancer Study, UCLA; U.S. Funded ($6 million),"

Look, I'm not defending illegal use of pot. Never have and never will. All I'm saying is a comprehensive review of the pot laws in this country needs to be done with an unbiased eye. In my humble opinion, the laws have ruined more lives than the use of the material.

And getting back to the thread, depriving the sick of relief is still WRONG.

And getting back to the thread, depriving the sick of relief is still WRONG.

Current Federal law does NOT deprive them of any relief that THC may supply. Dronabinol (and I believe other THC derived medications) is available in every state.

You're right, I didn't look at the chart closely enough. I still think that the chart is custom-tailored to produce a specific result. The data is supposedly deaths that are "directly or primarily" from these substances. How many 'direct' deaths from caffeine do you know of? More people have probably died from electrolyte depletion from too much water than have died even indirectly from caffeine.