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Originally Posted by polak
Thats the same as saying cigarretes don't kill anyone. They just "contribute" to cancer.
Smoking weed does too (not to the same extent though).
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Except cigarettes have been proven to have carcinogens in them, the direct cause of many types of cancer. So its not the same at all. You can argue smoking pot causes you to become a more dangerous driver, but there was a study found in the other pot related thread that stoned drivers are actually safer, so there's a study refuting that claims. Granted, not a scientific study, but thats kind of the point. Science has proven carcinogens cause cancer, and that they are most definitely in cigarettes. There is not one single study that says marijuana consumption will lead directly to death. Not one. You can say for instance it makes driving more dangerous, but so do hail, snow, rain, wind. Are we using those as causes of death anytime soon? Doubtful. Contributing factors? Sure, but those aren't the reason the person died. Again, its a technicality, but as OJ and Casey Anthony will tell you, they didn't do it and technically, they're right.