DEA admits that weed has never killed anyone

Steven Blue

The Drug Enforcement Agency-Department of Justice released its latest 94-page report, “Drugs of Abuse,” on June 28.

No deaths from cannabis, ever, Page 75; 88,000 deaths from alcohol (National Institute of Health). Got that?

The DEA notes that “no deaths from overdose of marijuana have been reported.” See Page 74, “Marijuana/Cannabis.”

On Page 74, the DEA admits that the THC travels to “specific cannabinoid receptor (sites) on human nerve cells.”
 
Human brains are already prewired for cannabis — maybe because the human body can generate its own THC. Not for alcohol, which kills brain cells.

The DEA acknowledged that cannabis use can cause “merriment, happiness, and even exhilaration at high doses,” as well as “disinhibition, relaxation, increased sociability, and talkativeness.” This illegal substance even causes “enhanced sensory perception, giving rise to increased appreciation of music, art, and touch.”

The government itself (NIH) says alcohol is responsible for 88,000 deaths per year in the United States, and 15.1 million Americans suffer from “Alcohol Use Disorder.” And, alcohol remains legal.

Interestingly, the alcohol industry remains one of the largest anti-marijuana legalization lobbies.

See: www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/ overview-alcohol-consumption/alcohol-facts-and-statistics.

Your alcoholic readers are going to say, “He got it right again. Let’s drink to his knowledge and wisdom. Pour me another one.”