Over at the Drug Czar’s “blog”, they say
A new autopsy report from Florida gives us another reason to continue our focus on reducing the non-medical use of prescription drug
Say what? Your focus? This, from the office that’s been spending all its time in Nevada, Colorado, and South Dakota trying to defeat marijuana initiatives?
So I thought I’d take a closer look at the figures in Florida. Not a lot of surprises that I can see.
Drug Tracked # of Cases a cause of death present only Cocaine 927 348 579 Methadone 428 312 116 Alprazolam 489 194 295 Oxycodone 377 185 192 Ethyl Alcohol 1,754 160 1,594 Morphine 289 106 183 Hydrocodone 346 106 240 Other Benzodiazepine 484 62 422 Diazepam 285 59 226 Fentanyl 85 51 34 Propoxyphene 155 38 117 Carisoprodol/Meprobamate 148 36 112 Heroin 36 29 7 Tramadol 59 18 41 Hydromorphone 63 13 50 Other Opioid 133 12 121 Methamphetamine 58 9 49 Meperidine 25 3 22 Amphetamine 51 3 48 MDMA 25 2 23 Nitrous Oxide 1 1 0 GHB 3 1 2 Other Methylated Amphetamine 5 1 4 MDA 18 1 17 Ketamine 1 0 1 Phencyclidine (PCP) 1 0 1 Cannabinoids 471 0 471 The vast majority of these 3,595 cases involved more than one drug listed in the report. The state’s medical examiners were asked to distinguish between the drugs being the “cause” of death or merely “present” in the body at the time of death.
Notice the item at the bottom of this list? At least the medical examiners are honest enough to know that cannabis is not going to be the cause of death. The fact that it’s even included in the list is silly.
Gee, I wonder why the Drug Czar didn’t simply say:
Once again, Cannabis was not the cause of any drug-related deaths.
In fact, it’s the safest drug on that list. By a long shot.
Servetus on Catholic bishops fear marijuana and freethinking: “An ancient Egyptian mug was found by a USF professor to have once contained hallucinogens: 15-Nov-2024–A University of South Florida…” Nov 17, 20:11
