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
Get this ridiculous establishment propaganda the hell outta here! Total garbage!
It's not that I can't handle stress. I handle it pretty damned well since I cannot recall a single time in my life where I didn't have it, but the 4 years I was able to grab a joint when I needed it helped my body control the rush of chemicals from my brain that would normally trigger the anxiety attacks.
The doctors there even took me off the heavy meds I had been on for years because pot was doing a better job of it. They don't have the stigma and can see the benefits.
I wouldn't want my teenager smoking pot though- because it is ILLEGAL. Try getting searched based on a 'visual profile' and getting caught with an excess of pot. That sounds like fun right? So yes, if you're a black or a poor teenager you have a highly likelihood of being randomly searched. For this reason I would not allow my teenager to smoke pot.
Family member and several good friends because of smoking cigarettes.
One had both lung cancer and throat cancer ant another had cancer
and a lung disease because of cigarettes.
Even if it is "better" than those things, it doesn't matter. People still shouldn't use it.
It's a drug that you're sucking into your lungs, people. That alone makes it bad for you.
Duh.
Thanks :)