World Health Organization says alcohol and tobacco are far more dangerous to public health than illegal drugs

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The World Health Organization says legal drugs -- alcohol and tobacco -- pose a far greater threat to public health than illegal drugs. Yet in the United States, the ill-fated War on Drugs continues, imprisoning hundreds of thousands of Americans for victimless crimes. If the War on Drugs were really concerned about public health and not just political power, it would focus on educating people to avoid alcohol and tobacco, not to mention highly toxic prescription drugs (which kill 100,000 people each year, even when taken as directed).

Over-the-counter drugs, too, kill an estimated 40,000 people a year, with the worst deaths caused by gastrointestinal bleeding from painkillers. But public safety is not the mission of the DEA. Their mission is to gain power and, in the process, incarcerate as many people as possible, regardless of whether those people "deserve" to be jailed. As the WHO says, alcohol and tobacco are far more dangerous than even crack cocaine and heroin. Maybe the DEA will start arresting anyone drinking a beer, too.
About the author: Mike Adams is a consumer health advocate with a passion for sharing empowering information to help improve personal and planetary health He has authored more than 1,500 articles and dozens of reports, guides and interviews on natural health topics, reaching millions of readers with information that is saving lives and improving personal health around the world. Adams is an honest, independent journalist and accepts no money or commissions on the third-party products he writes about or the companies he promotes. In 2007, Adams launched EcoLEDs, a maker of energy efficient LED lights that greatly reduce CO2 emissions. He's also a veteran of the software technology industry, having founded a personalized mass email software product used to deliver email newsletters to subscribers. Adams is currently the executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, and regularly pursues cycling, nature photography, Capoeira and Pilates. Known on the 'net as 'the Health Ranger,' Adams shares his ethics, mission statements and personal health statistics at www.HealthRanger.org


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