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Originally Posted by vektor
I shall quote myself to stop any more ridiculous arguments
"no one has ever overdosed on cannabis"
moving on, is there any logical input you have to add?
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Your number is misleading. If you read the references of the article you posted, the 80,000 number is for all deaths attributed to alcohol including such things as breast cancer,prostate cancer, motor vehicle accidents, falls, alcohol poisoning, etc. The actual alcohol poisoning number itself is small.
I tried to find a number on marijuana deaths, but all I could find was 11.1% of homicides and 7.5% of suicides were attributed to marijuana. Doesn't look like they keep nearly as good of records of those types of deaths. Which you think the government would if they were trying to stop people from using it.
Personally, I would legalize it and tax the hell out of it. But I still think there would be an underground movement that grows it and sells it. No idea what a joint goes for these days. But knowing the government, their price would probably be double the black market.