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.

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