These are the three most commonly used drug in today's society. Two are legal, and one is illegal. One of them causes more death yearly than the other two combined. One of them has yet to be linked to one death. The one that is illegal is the safest of the three drug but it is the one that gets stuck with the bad rap and remains illegal. Which one is it?
a) alcohol
b) marijuana
c) cigarettes
Do you agree?
2007-01-03 15:54:10 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
These are the most commonly used drug in society.
2007-01-03 15:59:51 · update #1
This question is based on the thre most commonly used drug in today's society. Which includes alcohol cigarettes and marijuana.
2007-01-03 16:02:35 · update #2
alcohol - someone dies every night...you hear about it on the news...drunk driving and etc...
cigarettes - we all know...the death number is way too much
marijuana - deaths....hmmm ZERO
2007-01-03 16:05:48 · update #3
your on crack
2007-01-03 15:58:27 · answer #1 · answered by dee_ann 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, marijuana really isn't that dangerous. Maybe if you powersmoke every day for 30 years you'll get cancer or something. I have heard that heavy use reduces the effectiveness of white blood cells, and my personal experience with it seems to back that up. But I think you have to do alot of smoking for a long time to reach that point. I suppose that cigarettes are probably the most dangerous, but in my opinion alcohol is the most dangerous. Drinking too much of it at once will cause alcohol poisoning. Too much can also cause you to pass out and choke on your own vomit.
2007-01-04 00:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by waiting_for_light 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tobacco kills about 400,000 people per year.
Alcohol kills about 100,000 people per year.
All the illegal drugs combined kill about 10,000 people per year. Note that includes ALL illegal drugs -- including the ones above that people erroneously labeled as the most dangerous.
There has never been a recorded human death due to marijuana.
In short, alcohol and tobacco combined kill more people every year than all the people killed by all the illegal drugs in the last century or so.
2007-01-05 19:14:45 · answer #3 · answered by Cliff Schaffer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weed man. theres so much consipacy over why it is still illegal. a couple of things i heard was that in canada we could not decriminalize because of the ongoing war on drugs in america (political issues). it makes total sense but its only a rumor. its also harder to tell if someone is under the influence while driving another reason it isn't legal. theres also all the weed dealers and growers of the country. by legalizing pot they would be out of buisiness and who knows where they would turn to. decriminalization is the safest and most practical way to go. its something that is disgussed constantly in canada, but i doubt will ever happen. its a shame.
oh yeah in regards to your question, ciggaretes are stupid but don't get you high so sure make them legal. alcohol??? why the hell??? if pot is illegal why alcohol???
2007-01-04 00:01:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everybody agrees. I gave up harping on this. I got some great advise in here. It is FUN to smoke weed partially because it is illegal. Now I just enjoy it and don't worry about it. Seems the quality over the past few years has gotten more consistent anyway. Private growers are now putting out a quality product.
2007-01-03 23:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by m-t-nest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say alcohol and cigarettes, for the simple fact that they are legal and addictive, therefore most likely to be abused with less repercussions.
2007-01-04 00:03:08 · answer #6 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two legal ones are more dangerous than the illegal drug, that's why we should legalize all drugs in general.
The most dangerous drug nowadays is M.D.M.A.
2007-01-04 05:45:34 · answer #7 · answered by Lazy Pete 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isn't it crazy. I did a paper on legalizing marijuana and I believe it should at least replace one of the other two legal ones.
2007-01-03 23:57:28 · answer #8 · answered by Mr. Lemur 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are talking about b. I used to sell the stuff and I can tell you from experience that the users of that crap will do anything for it. People will prostitute themselves for it. I let one young man out of a front he owed and he was so thankful that he would have killed for me. My partner is in the state prison for 90 years for shooting it out with a rival dealer. I don't smoke the stuff so I don't know the benefits of it. I will take your word for it as I guess it does have some.
2007-01-04 00:06:24 · answer #9 · answered by Eva 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would have to say Meth but I am having a tough time quitting cigarettes and beer they just seem to go together
2007-01-04 00:03:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
out of the three you said, i would say marijuana, or cigarettes, but i was thinking ecstasy is the worst
2007-01-03 23:57:26 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋