Tobacco:
-47 million in us. use it.
-438 thousand deaths every year (1 in every 5 deaths)
-More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.
- Deadly Diseases: Lung Cancer, Heart Cancer, Chronic Airway Obstruction, Bronchitis, Emphysema.
-Pluses: ???
Alcohol
-175.6 million life time users in us
-9.4 million abusers.
- 64,000 deaths from harmful drinking (Accidents, Poisoning)
-Brain damage, Liver Cancer.
-Pluses: euphoria
Marijuana
-163 million worldwide
- Very little deaths from the actual marijuana, 120,000 ER appearances from bad judgement from marijuana.
-Affects memory
- 1 joint may equal 4 cigarettes, but most smokers smoke way more than 4 cigarettes between the time a casual pot smoker smokes 2 joints.
- Causes some similair effects to smoking
Pluses
-Euphoria
-Helps depression, Eye problems
- No recorded
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