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To: Sensei Ern
Based on those numbers, 3% was way too low.

Uh... you do realize that nobody ever, in all of history, through millenia of recorded use, has ever, ever died of an overdose of marijuana, right? It's just not toxic enough.

Tens of thousands of Americans die every year from an overdose of alcohol. A handful die each year from an overdose of caffeine, and a few others die each year from an overdose of Vitamin A. Nobody, American or otherwise, has ever died from an overdose of marijuana.

So no, 3% wasn't way too low. 3% was utterly absurd. About 2.4 million Americans die each year. That's not from drugs, that's not from accidents, that's not from cancer or heart failure or other diseases, that's from all causes. You seriously want to claim that deaths from illegal drugs would be three times higher than all deaths? You seriously want to claim that legalized drugs would result in 375 times more overdose fatalities?

Take your "wild ass guess" and shove it back where you got it.

186 posted on 07/05/2005 12:07:55 PM PDT by Politicalities (http://www.politicalities.com)
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To: Politicalities

I can't argue about that. I do know that the desire to get the next high or stay high motivates a lot of pot smokers.

I also know that when pot is not available, if they are offered something else, they often will accept it.

I will be afk for a while, so I can't argue with you any more.


195 posted on 07/05/2005 12:16:54 PM PDT by Sensei Ern (Christian, Comedian, Husband,Opa, Dog Owner, former Cat Co-dweller, and all around good guy.)
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