Reflecting Chrome

Addicts live and addicts die,

At the end they just get high;

Not really knowing the reasons why,

Living a life that is a lie,

Trying everyday not to cry.

 

So if at first you don't succeed,

And you just want to be freed;

If you can live without the need,

Say: 'screw these drugs!'

..and smoke some weed.

 

Copyright © 2007 - 2015 Tomitheos Poetry / Photography - All Rights Reserved

 

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Annual Causes of Death in the United States

 

Tobacco - 435,000 deaths

 

Poor Diet and Physical Inactivity - 365,000 deaths

 

Alcohol - 85,000 deaths

 

Microbial Agents - 75,000 deaths

 

Toxic Agents - 55,000 deaths

 

Motor Vehicle Crashes - 26,347 deaths

 

Adverse Reactions to Prescription Drugs - 32,000 deaths

 

Suicide - 30,622 deaths

 

Incidents Involving Firearms - 29,000 deaths

 

Homicide - 20,308 deaths

 

Sexual Behaviors - 20,000 deaths

 

All Illicit Drug Use, Direct and Indirect - 17,000 deaths

 

Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs like Aspirin - 7,600 deaths

 

Marijuana - 0 (no documented deaths)

 

Cannabis may be a bigger cancer risk than cigarettes a new study claims.

 

Smoking a joint is equivalent 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk New Zealand scientist claim as they warned of an 'epidemic" of lung cancers linked to cannabis.

 

Studies in the past have demonstrated that cannabis can cause cancer, but few have established a strong link between cannabis use and the actual incidence of lung cancer.

 

In the past extensive search of the literature finds no credible reports of deaths induced by marijuana, in fact doctors recommend certain patients to use it as medicine.

 

The US Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) records instances of drug mentions in medical examiners' reports and though marijuana is mentioned, it is usually in combination with alcohol or other drugs.

 

Marijuana alone has not been shown to cause an overdose death.

 

 

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