All causes of death per year 2,436,652
Cardiovascular diseases 779,367
Malignant neoplasms 568,668
Lack of Health Insurance3 44,789
Drug induced2 37,485
Suicide 36,547
Motor vehicle accidents 36,284
Septicemia (infections) 35,587
by Firearms 31,224
Accidental poisoning 30,504
Alcohol induced 23,199
Homicide 16,591
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 9,424
Viral hepatitis 7,652
Cannabis (Marijuana) 0
Major marijuana myth: pot use use can be a cause of death. So say many anti-drug warriors, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recently wrote to a constituent that "marijuana and other narcotics" can lead to death.
PotleafAccording to Time magazine, "No one has ever died of THC [marijuana] poisoning, mostly because a 160-pound person would have to smoke roughly 900 joints in a sitting to reach a lethal dose."
In 1988, DEA Administrative Judge Francis Young concluded, "In order to induce death, a smoker would have to consume 20,000 to 40,000 times as much marijuana as is contained in one marijuana cigarette."
Is It Worse for Teens to Smoke Pot or Cigarettes?
SodaHead Living
2012/06/11 18:00:00
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Here's the good news: Fewer teens are smoking cigarettes. Here's the bad news: More of them are smoking pot. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that only 18 percent of teens said they smoked a cigarette in the past 30 days, but 23 percent said they smoked marijuana in the same time frame.
So why are adolescents choosing pot over cigarettes? A study from the University of Michigan found that teens have gotten the message that cigarettes are bad for you, but seem to believe marijuana is less harmful.
Alcohol, however, is still teens' top drug of choice. More than 1 in 3 high school students reported current alcohol use in 2011, and 1 in 5 high school students reported binge drinking, CBS reports. Do you think it's more dangerous for teens to smoke pot? Or cigarettes?
Top Opinion
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Stoner 2012/06/11 18:08:41
And cigarettes only have one use, to be smoked.
While out of cannabis you can make food, tinctures, joints, etc for healing, while with hemp (also cannabis) you can make clothes, fuel, houses, food, and much much more.
Hemp Hemp Hooray!
Smoke weed.
Cigarettes are actually called cancer sticks. It does damage to your body, and there are many cases of people dying from lung cancer due to cigarettes.
Don't think you have a point because "marajuana is illegal". You are obviously mis-imformed.
yeah, I'd say pot is safer... not SAFE, just safer
Cigs kill.
Bud
I also have my own home, my own business, and am in school full time.
Please tell me again about how foolish and burned out I am.
And yes, pot temporarily alters the chemical balance in your brain. But, hello? So does every drug in the world, including cigarettes.
And for those of you stating that pot is worse.. Do your research. Sounds to me like you're actually pushing cancer and bad health upon the community.