Yearly death rate caused by tobacco: 440,000 approx. Yearly death rate related to alcohol: 80,000 approx. Yearly death rate related to junkfood/fastfood: 400,000 approx Yearly death rate caused by marijuana: 0 Marijuana - It does not cause addiction - It is not fatal unless you take about 1500 pounds of it at once in under 15minutes or 250,000 marijuana brownies one after the other non-stop. - It does temporarily reduce brain function, but does not cause the person to shoot another person or something outrageous like that. - It does make you lazy and hunger for food. Marijuana was smoked by some of the founding fathers; i.e. Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and Benjamin Franklin. Cannabis seeds (marijuana, hemp, mary jane, etc.) was brought over by pilgrims in 1632. It was the third largest crop grown in the United States of America. Hemp seed oil was used as a source for oil powered vehicles and was banned due to it being a threat to oil and fuel companies. (That’s why it’s illegal today) Congratulations, you’ve learned something today. This information is sourced from U.S. Government Scientists, Drug abuse awareness centers, and other studies. These are real facts and are not made up or rephrased. Our founding fathers had this to say; “All you need to know are a few basics. First, there are male and female plants. The substance that gives marijuana its famous psychoactive kick is concentrated in the flowers or buds of the females. So when they’re old enough to tell them apart, kill the males. Two, give your plants plenty of light and not too much water. ” - George Washington “The greatest service that can be rendered to any country is to add a useful plant to its culture. ” -Thomas Jefferson “An acre of the best ground for hemp, is to be selected and sewn in hemp and be kept for a permanent hemp patch. ” - Thomas Jefferson’s Garden book 1849 “Some of my finest hours have been spent sitting on my back veranda, smoking hemp and observing all that I own. ” - Thomas Jefferson

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