gotta love freedom of information act

here is a good acticle i found comparing medical marijuana to other prescription drugs.
so if you ever get stuck in the argument with people, this article got your back.

http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/viewresource.asp?resourceID=000145


it basically is just a survey of marijuana deaths compared to prescription deaths.

"Unlike many of the drugs we prescribe every day, marijuana has never been proven to cause a fatal overdose."
Mar. 26, 2004 - Joycelyn Elders, MD

 

"People have a right to get stoned. They have a right to think and explore their own minds. This is as intimate a part of their being as their sexuality. Any culture which mitigates that is clearly afraid of a full and fair and open dialogue about what reality is and what real human values ought to be."
~ Terence McKenna



Virtues' of Ganja

The Ganjawar Fraud

Pot Potency? Boomers' blissfully unfazed by mere facts.

Mérdénol is Synthetic Sabotage

Annual Causes of Death in the United States

Tobacco 435,000
Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity 365,000
Alcohol 85,000
Microbial Agents 75,000
Toxic Agents 55,000
Motor Vehicle Crashes 26,347
Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs 32,000
Suicide 30,622
Incidents Involving Firearms 29,000
Homicide 20,308
Sexual Behaviors 20,000
All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect 17,000
Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such As Aspirin 7,600
Marijuana 0



Dr. Andrew Weil

According to testimony before the US Congress by Dr. Andrew Weil, "a smoker would have to theoretically consume nearly 1500 Pounds of marijuana within about 15 minutes to induce a lethal response." By comparison, he adds that "eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response," and that aspirin "causes hundreds if not thousands of deaths each year."
~ Toronto Hemp Company (THC)
Information - Marijuana Myths

From Chocolate to Morphine
Dr. Andrew Weil
Everything You Need to Know About Mind-Altering Drugs.

Dr. Andrew Weil of the University of Arizona College of Medicine states, "There is not a shred of hope from history or from cross-culture studies to suggest that human beings can live without psychoactive substances." Bees drop to the ground after having nectar from certain orchards. Birds get drunk off berries and then fly into windows. After cats sniff certain plants they swing at imaginary objects. Certain range weeds will make cows shake, twitch, and stumble back for more. Elephants purposely get drunk on fermented fruits..."

What No One Wants to Know About Marijuana
~ Dr. Andrew Weil
The Natural Mind
(last half of chapter four pg. 86-97)

"a-motivation [is] a cause of heavy marijuana smoking
rather than the reverse"
~ Dr. Andrew Weil
(Rubin & Comitas Ganja in Jamaica, 1975)

"I said, in The Natural Mind, that I often have the suspicion that everything that we do in the name of stopping the drug problem is the drug problem. It's not just the laws but the whole mentality that sees drugs as the problem and tries to fight them. By doing that I think we've made it all worse."
Pot Smoker of The Month Dr. Andrew Weil