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Originally Posted by Byte1
Both are dangerous, but beer is legal. Why argue?
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Both are dangerous?
"Excessive alcohol use is responsible for more than 95,000 deaths in the United States each year, or 261 deaths per day. These deaths shorten the lives of those who die by an average of almost 29 years, for a total of 2.8 million years of potential life lost."
Here is a summary of several studies - for those that don't want to wade through this, the bottom line is there are NO deaths in the US attributable to MJ.
This study went further and consider ALL deaths that MJ could have contributed to:
Bottom line:
"After adjusting for confounders, including alcohol use, cigarette smoking, and demographic factors, individuals who reported using cannabis, but not other substances (i.e., cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants), at baseline were not at increased risk of all-cause mortality compared with individuals who reported not using cannabis or other substances at baseline"
This is by the NIH:
Injury and Death - The Health Effects of Cannabis and Cannabinoids - NCBI Bookshelf