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posted by June 14 at 10:26 AM
onWashington residents can rest a little easier now that the 61 year-old co-owner of a garden-supply store in Kent has been sent to prison for three and a half years. Le My Nguyen was the “matriarch of marijuana growers” in our area, according to the Seattle Times, and she sold supplies to folks that grew marijuana. And marijuana, of course, is an illegal and very dangerous drug—why, the potency of pot is a 30 year-high, and that’s just one of the things that makes marijuana so very, very deadly.
Wait, what’s that you say, NYT?
Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida SaysFrom “Scarface” to “Miami Vice,” Florida’s drug problem has been portrayed as the story of a single narcotic: cocaine. But for Floridians, prescription drugs are increasingly a far more lethal habit….
Drugs with benzodiazepine, mainly depressants like Valium and Xanax, led to 743 deaths. Alcohol was the most commonly occurring drug, appearing in the bodies of 4,179 of the dead and judged the cause of death of 466 — fewer than cocaine (843) but more than methamphetamine (25) and marijuana (0).
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"But for Floridians, prescription drugs are increasingly a far more lethal habit…."
That would be because of the elderly population of Florida.
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/36/10/6
While the Times' reporting has been little more than a shill for the Feds, with no accountability or actual investigation into the cost or purpose for the War on Green, at the very least their articles help document how not to get caught:
(From this 2007 article
The Ubiquitous They just did a sketch about a gardening store where they sold weed. It was called Learn2Grow. Life imitates art again.
I'd love to see statistics for the rest of the country. Anyone know of any?
This is what drives me crazy. Marijuana has never, EVER caused a death. You simply can't overdose on it.
But, as Dan points out, The Feds say it is dangerous, so it must be so.
Kinda apples and oranges. I mean, how many of the people actually killed themselves--intentionally or not-- with prescription drugs from their home cabinets instead of bothering to first go buy and then fill themselves with illegal drugs? My guess is a vast majority use the prescription drugs suicide option simply because it's more convenient.
"This is what drives me crazy. Marijuana has never, EVER caused a death."
Please, commie! It's a well known fact that marijuana causes AIDS, cancer, tuberculosis, black syphilis, pregnancy, abortions, single-parenthood, same-sex marriages, mad-cow disease, and atheism and is a "gateway" to every harmful drug known to man, including birth control!
Here are statistics for King County. Here, prescription opiates are the #1 drug killers, even above alcohol. Benzodiazepines are big killers, but usually only in combination with alcohol or opiates.
See the graph on page 9:
http://depts.washington.edu/adai/pubs/tr/cewg/CEWG_Seattle_June2007.pdf
I'd still say marijuana killed this man.
Or his chance to access health services in your country. http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/5/2/15157/13257
Please, commie! It's a well known fact that marijuana causes AIDS, (get high and forget to wear a condom) cancer (Can't prove this one) , tuberculosis (stupid people breathe stupid fumes-and/or smoke nasty air), black syphilis, (again-forgotten condom) pregnancy (forgotten condom), abortions (forgotten condom), single-parenthood (forgotten condom) , same-sex marriages (got nothin'), mad-cow disease (maybe?), and atheism (too stupid to know better and to look around and find GOD) and is a "gateway" to every harmful drug known to man (possibly- you start young-with cigarettes and pot), including birth control (learning from the forgotten condom)
Sorry- but marijuana causes stupidity- Stupidity TOPS the list of reasons for a BIG chunk of deaths in my book- car accidents, assaults, falling out windows, getting run over, drowning, etc...etc...
Yup @ 10 and stupidity causes posts like this comparing death rates by drug as the only criteria for whether a drug should be legal or not. It's not really intoxication if you don't die!
Cattymaran @ 10,
You forgot crime. Most (okay all) petty criminals I know are devoted stoners. Thanks to pot most don't have the ambition or brains to commit major crimes. Although, they have caused a few car accidents...
Damn it. Why doesn't this country have the money to make everyone perfect. We must conform. Stop needing sedatives. Stop needing to feel good for a change. Stop your incessant instinct to feel better. STOP BEING HUMANS! We have money to stop you with prisons. You'll see. Even people who sell dirt will pay!
America's most deadly drug is the sofa. Not only does it ruin lives, but it litters the planet with disgusting humanlike detritus that would only have a social contribution in a society where slavery was the norm.
Did everybody who died with the bennies in their system have a prescription? Drug Warriors wouldn't file abusers of Rx meds under the "legal drugs" column, I betcha.
I'm tired... somebody make a Rush Limbaugh joke, please.
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