[TBall]

"Marijuana, Burns writes in the letter, is not harmless but has risen as a factor in emergency room visits 176 percent since 1994,surpassing heroin.[emphasis added]" It would be helpful if they included the actual numbers that make up the percentages. In 1994 were there 10,000 emergency room visits and now there are over 25,000 per year?

[jayef]

That's not the real problem with this statistic. Incidents reported as being related to marijuana have absolutely nothing to do with marijuana use. People are routinely asked in emergency rooms if they use marijuana. The government has taken an interest in forcing health care workers to ask these stupid questions. Note that no attempt is ever made to determine if the patient is currently under the influence of the drug. Any health care worker will tell you this, and in fact, several who post here already have . . . repeatedly . . . to no avail.

[Mudboy Slim]

"It would be helpful if they included the actual numbers that make up the percentages"

That's EXACTLY why you don't see it, my FRiend...the WarOnSomeDrugs is a sham and can only be continued by resorting to lies, deceipt, and propaganda by those in Power.

The Truth would Destroy the WarOnSomeDrugs so it is eschewed by the Federal Leviathan...MUD