On average yearly, 440,000 deaths are reported from tobacco use, 110,640 deaths from alcohol, 30,000 from suicide, 15,000 from murder, 7,600 from aspirin (or other painkillers) yet NO DEATHS HAVE EVER BEEN REPORTED FROM MARIJUANA USE.1 Despite this fact, the use of marijuana remains illegal even though there have now been proven studies to show its medicinal helpfulness. The United States is fighting a losing battle in trying to imprison pot smokers; while Canada, who has decriminalized marijuana, has realized …showed first 75 words of 1147 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1147 total…a losing battle, so why is it that the one thing that will not kill you is illegal? 1 - From http://www.drugwarfacts.org/causes.htm - Copyright © 2000-2002, Common Sense for Drug Policy 2 - From Argus Leader - "Alcohol Deaths" - Monday September 29, 2003 3 - Copyright 2002, Chicago Tribune. "Drug Warriors: U.S.'s Internal Taliban" by Salim Muwakkil January 28, 2002 4 - Source: "Addiction and Addiction Treatment," PLNDP, March 1998. http://www.caas.brown.edu/plndp/mar982.html