Pubdate: Mon, 19 May 2014
Source: News-Press (Fort Myers, FL)
Copyright: 2014 Jim Keener
Contact:  http://www.news-press.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1133
Author: Jim Keener

TOBACCO FACTS

Regarding Bernard Long's letter "Pot not good," May 14, concerning the
issue of medical marijuana, and his assertion that marijuana is more
dangerous than tobacco, I would direct him to the Centers for Disease
Control website, where he will find the following statistics.

Worldwide tobacco related deaths average approximately 5 million per
year, and this number is expected to rise to 8 million by 2030. In the
U.S., tobacco-related deaths average 480,000 per year, or 1,300 per
day. Nearly 1 in 5 deaths in this country are tobacco-related.

I would quote statistics on marijuana-related deaths, if, of course,
there were any to quote. There is no scientific evidence to support
his claim of brain damage in user.

Any dangers of marijuana use are dwarfed by the dangers of
ignorance.

Jim Keener, Fort Myers 
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