DEA admits that weed has never killed anyone
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.”
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DEA law judge Francis Young in 1988,after 2 years of hearings on cannabis rescheduling made the following statement;”Cannabis is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man.”
At almost 65 years old,I am fed up having to repeat what the government already has known for decades.It is safe,it is medicinal,it calms and makes people happy.Its been used for thousands of years in every country on earth,and still is.It is non-toxic,it is non-addictive except somewhat habit forming in some people.The war against it began due to Nixons corruption and rascism.All these facts and more are widely known.
Over half the states have legalized it in some manner.Sensible countries throughout the world have legalized.I am so sick of hearing the same old worn out meme,”but it still remains illegal under federal law.” Then change the damn corrupt senseless law.Congress can do so overnight.The tax revenue it is creating for states that are legal,is enormous,it is being used to fix schools and fix roads.It has created employment surrounding the cannabis industry.There are monetary as well as medicinal advantages involved.
The majority in all polls,want the criminalization of this harmless natural herb to end.Now is the time to stop the foolishness of a war against a flower.I haven’t used cannabis in years,nor do I have any financial stake in the game.But I want to see the injustice of locking humans in filthy cages for a harmless activity,come to an end.It should have ended years ago.
marijuana creates brain cells our government doesn’t want people to have the abiliy to think that would be unamerican.
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