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
Source: United States government...
National Institute on Drug Abuse,
Bureau of Mortality Statistics
TOBACCO ........................ 400,000
ALCOHOL ........................ 100,000
CAFFEINE ....................... 2,000
ASPIRIN ........................ 500
ALL LEGAL DRUGS ................ 20,000
"400,000 + 100,000 + 2,000 + 500 = 20,000"
Whether products of incompetence or fabrication, these numbers are as worthless as the government that produced them, and the lives of the addicts who kid themselves in their publication.
Of course they don't have data on driving under the influence of THC. Unfortunately, those accidents also kill other people. That would seem to be the biggest obstacle in my mind to legalization.