Alcohol is much more dangerous than marijuana, but marijuana is illegal in most states, while alcohol is legal for those over age 21.
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By Ezra Klein | September 23, 2014
Excerpted from '22 maps and charts that will surprise you'
As German Lopez writes, "there’s one aspect of the war on drugs that remains perplexingly contradictory: some of the most dangerous drugs in the US are perfectly legal."
This chart uses data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to make a counter-intuitive point: the deadliest drugs in America are legal. In some cases, those drugs are deadlier because their legal status makes them more widely available.
If heroin were as easy to get as tobacco, more people would surely die from it each year. But that’s not true in all cases.
Alcohol is much more dangerous than marijuana, but marijuana is illegal in most states, while alcohol is legal for those over age 21.
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