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Originally posted by traffictrader
smoking pot is less dangerous than driving a car on a highway, and most of us do that twice a day.
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In terms of what? Instant death?
whatever.
Marijuana Related Emergency Room Visits
Visits to hospital emergency departments, because of marijuana
use have risen steadily during the 1990s, from an estimated
16,251 visits in 1991 to 76,870 in 1998. Since 1998, the number
of marijuana mentions during emergency department visits have
been approximately equal to the number of heroin related visits.
According to projections for 1999, marijuana was mentioned in an
estimated 79,088 drug related ER visits, compared to an estimated
77,099 heroin related visits. Cocaine continues to be the
illicit drug responsible for the most emergency department
visits, accounting for a projected 154,959 visits in 1999.
Like I said, I know for a fact that they aren't bullshitting. People DO wind up in the ER from pot. And usually it's not first-time lightweight users either.