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A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that drugs have now officially replaced auto accidents as a cause of death in the United States.

37,485 people died in 2009 from drug deaths compared to 36,284 caused by traffic accidents.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEATHS OUTNUMBER HEROIN AND COCAINE DEATHS COMBINED.

PRESCRIPTION DRUG DEATHS OUTNUMBER HEROIN AND COCAINE DEATHS.....COMBINED.



XANAX, VALIUM, ATIVAN, KLONOPIN, OXY CONTIN, PERCOCET, VICODIN, NORCO,DILAUDID, METHADONE are various forms of prescription drugs that are being consumed by someone you know or by you.

These drugs are being prescribed by doctors for various forms of insomnia, anxiety and whatever.

DEATHS CAUSED BY THE USE OF MARIJUANA ARE PROBABLY WAY DOWN THE LIST OF CAUSES......ACTUALLY IT IS PROBABLY THE LEAST DEATH CAUSING DRUG ON THE PLANET........and yet the voting majority seems to be hell bent on making sure pot is not legalized. I wonder how many people who vote against legalizing pot are actually taking one of the prescription drugs listed above?

Please keep in mind that alcohol and nicotine, which are both legal, cause more deaths than all the prescription and illegal drugs ever invented.

Alcohol causes around 75,000 deaths a year and estimates for deaths caused by smoking range from 250,00 to 650,000.....

2.5 million people die every year in America. Heart disease is the leader with around 700,000 and it's hard to determine how much heart damage is done by the use of alcohol and nicotine but all indications point to those two factors being huge contributors to troubles with the heart. Of course pot smoking cannot be good for the heart, or the lungs, but one usually does a lot less when toking out....usually.

Prescription drugs are another entire story. People are given these drugs by the most trusted person in their life......their family doctor.

You probably know and love someone who abuses their patient doctor relationship.

A secondary market of buying and trading prescription drugs is another entire part of this story that needs to be addressed. I'm not sure how one could ever determine the numbers involved....but I suspect it's a large percentage of the problem.

Pot seems so much less abusive than everything mentioned above....and even though I don't smoke pot anymore....I do remember how little it took to achieve a feeling of altered consciousness....and altering the consciousness seems to be the goal of any drug use.

It's amazing that extreme exercise, meditation and laughter can create the same affects and then afterwards all you want to do is drink some fresh cool water and have a nice meal.

Exercise, diet and prayer........can replace any type of drug.....but it takes a desire and an effort and popping a pill is a whole lot easier.

Easier seems to be the optimum word here. It might be the American way and if that's the case then a change must be addressed that focuses on altering a group consciousness........ a consciousness that is not working.

Good luck on that one pilgrim!

Michael Timothy McAlevey