Thread: Marijuana
View Single Post
(#72 (permalink))
Old
MMM's Avatar
MMM (Offline)
JF Ossan
 
Posts: 12,200
Join Date: Jun 2007
11-20-2009, 04:18 AM

Quote:
Originally Posted by xyzone View Post
The truth is, legitimate studies show that coffee is more dangerous than marijuana if we go by the direct deaths caused by it. Going further, by that logic, video games are more dangerous. People have died for playing world of warcraft nonstop. No need to get into the deaths undeniably caused by smoking carcinogenic tobacco (sprayed with radioactive insecticides) and alcohol abuse. There isn't a single proven death caused by marijuana smoking in history. All there is today against marijuana is 100% unfounded hyperbole, questionable personal anecdotes and urban myths. And for it being harmless, a mountain of legitimate evidence.
The tobacco companies will tell you there is no way to prove that anyone has died due to smoking cigarettes either. It only took America 40 years longer than it should have to figure that out.

Please give some links to those studies showing coffee is more dangerous than marijuana.

The fact that marijuana is smoked means that the user is inhaling (and holding) smoke in their lungs. Unless you are growing your own, you have no idea what pesticides (radioactive or not) are used to grow your weed. I trust Mexican drug cartels about as much as corporate tobacco growers with keeping my health as a priority.

If marijuana is so safe, why are there so many ER visits in the US every year. (One figure I found was over 240,000.) Are there stats for coffee related visits to the ER that don't involve burns?
Reply With Quote