Szarznski, Kyle 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2024
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1 US WI: Edu: OPED: 'War on Drugs' Cloaks OppressionWed, 23 Apr 2008
Source:Badger Herald (U of WI, Madison, WI Edu) Author:Szarznski, Kyle Area:Wisconsin Lines:99 Added:04/23/2008

In 2000, the leading cause of death in the United States was tobacco, killing an estimated 435,000 people, according to the American Medical Association. The No. 3 cause of death was alcohol, accounting for 85,000 deaths. Much further down the list were illicit drugs -- including heroine, cocaine, etc. -- resulting in the deaths of 17,000 people. Marijuana was not responsible for a single fatality.

The term "war on drugs" is a misleading one, as the above should have made clear. The battle against drug use applies to only a select number of body-altering chemical substances, specifically the less dangerous ones. More potent killers -- namely tobacco -- have been annually lavished with tens of millions in subsidies from the federal government, according to its own statistics.

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