Things that kill people (from an email).

[Playinghardball]

[Journeyman]

1. That's all fine and good for comparison's sake, but the dangers of marijuana are. . .

getting busted.

A Child's Garden of Grass
Jack S. Margolis
1971


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_twInYvboPQ

[calendargirl]

2. Fail for failing to take into account fatal motor vehicle accidents caused by stoned drivers. nt

[kayakjohnny]

9. Here is something for you to read. It's worth a few minutes to scan it at least.

http://www.cannabismd.net/psychomotor-skills/


Cheers.

[calendargirl]

25. I don't dispute the study.

I just dispute that marijuana is not responsible for even ONE death per year. Pretty simple stuff.

[kayakjohnny]

33. Yes and you are right about that. It's psycho active, so if someone already has a tendency

towards neglect or violence, I don't see how pot helps one bit.

It's a tough thing to study because of people mixing substances and such.

If nothing else, I'm sure plenty of people get killed over bad deals involving pot.

So, yes you do have a point.

I would love to know how many 'pot-only' car deaths happen each year, mainly because I'm curious about it.

The 0 deaths from pot claim does in fact seem like a bit of a reach.

I do see your point.

[notadmblnd]

18. Yet you make no snide comments about the people driving around high

on prescription medications. What's up with that? I can guarantee you that there are more people driving dangerously, doped up on pain killers or other prescribed mind altering drugs.

[calendargirl]

24. If prescription drugs had been included in this list as causing 0 deaths I would have. nt

[hootinholler]

39. Prescription durgs cause numerous deaths annually.

Forget drugged driving, count intentional overdoses, unintentional overdoses, drug interactions and mistakes from taking them.

It is not possible to die from an overdose of pot.

-Hoot

[Dr. Strange]

44. Is it possible to die from pushing buttons on a phone?

Because this email claims that 6000 die each year from it.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Hippos?!

:shrug:

[dtexdem]

5. And how many of them were stoned hippos?

Ooh, don't you just hate being killed by a stoned hippo?

;-)

[Uncle Joe]

14. Or a bear stoned on schrooms,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8CZn1bR_jg

although there is preliminary evidence the bear's personality may improve.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x5010402

[1monster]

26. Those are death cap mushrooms! Is the little bear high or is he on his way

to the next astral plane?

[Uncle Joe]

28. That scene came from the movie "The Bear" and he survived to be an adult.

I saw the entire movie years ago and remembered it, I've never picked schrooms so I couldn't tell one from the other, but thanks for the tip.

[abelenkpe]

21. Don't mess with a hippo!

They are cute though....in pictures.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I honestly don't think I've ever seen a hippo IRL...

Let alone been attacked by one... :shrug: :crazy: And I've always thought they were kinda cute, too... :)

[abelenkpe]

31. Here's an article on hippos

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1862/are-hippos-the-most-dangerous-animal

My hubby lived in Africa for a while. ;)

[Rhiannon12866]

34. Thanks so much!

My cousin and her son just came back from a trip to Africa, so I'll have to ask her if she ran into any hippos. I doubt I'll be running into many here in NY, LOL, but it's a good thing to know if you're traveling. They look pretty cute and harmless, so I'll remember to give any hippos a wide berth. :scared: :hi:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

30. Yes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Aggression

Hippopotamuses are by nature very aggressive animals, especially when young calves are present. Frequent targets of their aggression include crocodiles, which often inhabit the same river habitat as hippos. Nile crocodiles, lions, and spotted hyenas are known to prey on young hippos.<53> Hippos are very aggressive towards humans, whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation.<54> They are widely considered to be one of the most dangerous large animals in Africa.<55><56>

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Thanks for the information. I did not know that.

I don't expect to run into one here in Upstate NY, LOL, but it's a good thing to know. They always seemed kind of cute and clumsy to me. :hi:

[Hassin Bin Sober]

36. Years ago, on a trip to the badlands in SD, I was surprised to learn Bison are deadly.

Big lumbering animals. I'm sure plenty of people went to the great beyond thinking "WTF?"

[Jamastiene]

38. Yes

"Hippos are very aggressive towards humans, whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation. They are widely considered to be one of the most dangerous large animals in Africa."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamus#Aggression

Even Steve Irwin was wary around them.

[Rabblevox]

4. Back up the claim on deer killing people. DEFEND BAMBI! SMOKE MORE WEED!! /nt

[Playinghardball]

13. Right On!!!

[DocMac]

22. When is the last time

a marijuana bush jumped out in front of your car?

[handmade34]

6. ok

but you forgot...Alcohol abuse kills some 75,000 Americans annually

[TheWraith]

7. This is much more accurate than most things you'll get in your email.

Some of it's stats ring false, but are actually truer than you think, like 550 people killed shopping on Black Friday. You'd think you'd hear about that--but actually it's mostly in car crashes going to or from stores, rather than while actually shopping. And it's covering the entire weekend.

[BlueJazz]

8. USA Health "Care" kills 55,000 per year (or lack thereof..)

[eallen]

10. Lightning strikes where it will. But I'll avoid those damn hippos!

:hippie:

[CTyankee]

11. gun violence not here?

What did I miss...

[Earth_First]

12. Excuse me? Trafficking kills how many people annually?

:shrug:

[rbnyc]

42. +1 - thousands every year just in Mexico.

Now THAT'S an argument for legalization.

[Cool Logic]

15. Only 30/yr are killed by dogs..the same as ants.

The way the MSM plays it, you would think it was 30,000.

[baldguy]

19. Those "pit-bull type" ants are the worst!

[plcdude]

16. the big killer

mosquitos.

[eallen]

41. In Africa. Not so much, here in the US.

Though we do get deaths from dengue fever and equine encephalitis. We don't have malaria.

Which is good for me, since it is a rare day that I don't feed a few dozen of those blood suckers.

:hippie:

[Ian David]

17. Lightning Strikes

An estimated 24,000 people are killed by lightning strikes around the world each year and about 240,000 are injured.<2> In the U.S., between 9 and 10% of those struck die,<3> for an average of 40 to 50 deaths per year (28 in 2008).<4> In the United States, it is the #2 weather killer (second only to floods).<5> The odds of an average person living in the U.S. being struck by lightning in a given year is 1/500,000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_strike

According to the National Weather Service, during the past 30 years (1979-2008) lightning killed an average of 58 people each year. Documented injuries average about 300 per year, although undocumented injuries are likely to be much higher.
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/lightning/ltg_damage.html

[pintobean]

20. I wonder if anyone has been killed by stupid email.

:shrug:

[tinymontgomery]

29. Best post on the thread.

LOL

[rbnyc]

43. LMAO nt

[Phentex]

23. I always suspected deer!...

I keep my distance. They run AT your car!

[RebelOne]

35. Yep. Gotta watch out for those killer rutting bucks. n/t

[Lorien]

46. I suspect that many of those deaths are caused by motorists hitting the deer

from the deer's perspective we are, of course, a much, much larger threat to them.

[treestar]

37. Deer?

Whoah! Somehow the idea "he was killed by a deer" just sounds like not the way one would want to go!

[jmowreader]

40. You left off Smoking and Religious Insanity

[Lorien]

45. Maybe instead of "Shark week" they ought to have "Shopping on black Friday week"

or "texting while driving" week; those sound scarier.