| Sign This Petition!! (Legalize It!!) |
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| Written by Brenda Shoop | |
| Tuesday, 13 February 2007 | |
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The following info came from a petition I found at Care2.
Reason #3 Reason #1 Many of our citizens are kept in dark, cold, overcrowded jails just for using a substance less dangerous than alcohol and cigarettes. How would this help them even if pot were a dangerous drug like cocaine? Drugs are not a political issue- they are a MEDICAL ISSUE. Reason #2 Legalization of any substance helps control and regulate the sales, and many countries have found that this cuts down on drug problems. Would you really rather have people buy ANY drug from a back alley dealer? HOW DANGEROUS IS MARIJUANA COMPARED WITH OTHER SUBSTANCES? Number of American deaths per year that result directly or primarily from the following selected causes nationwide, according to World Almanacs, Life Insurance Actuarial (death) Rates, and the last 20 years of U.S. Surgeon Generals' reports. TOBACCO 340,000 to 450,000 ALCOHOL (Not including 50% of all highway deaths and 65% of all murders) 150,000+ ASPIRIN (Including deliberate overdose) 180 to 1,000+ CAFFEINE (From stress, ulcers, and triggering irregular heartbeats, etc.) 1,000 to 10,000 "LEGAL" DRUG OVERDOSE (Deliberate or accidental) from legal, prescribed or patent medicines and/or mixing with alcohol - e.g. Valium/alcohol 14,000 to 27,000 ILLICIT DRUG OVERDOSE (Deliberate or accidental) from all illegal drugs. 3,800 to 5,200 MARIJUANA 0 (Marijuana users also have the same or lower incidence of murders and highway deaths and accidents than the general non-marijuana using population as a whole. Crancer Study, UCLA; U.S. Funded ($6 million), First & Second Jamaican Studies, 1968 to 1974; Costa Rican Studies, 1980 to 1982; et al. LOWEST TOXICITY 100% of the studies done at dozens of American universities and research facilities show pot toxicity does not exist. Medical history does not record anyone dying from an overdose of marijuana (UCLA, Harvard, Temple, etc.). (additional info and footnotes at: http://www.jackherer.com/comparison |
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