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- From: HADCRJAM@admin.uh.edu (MILLER, JIMMY A.)
- Newsgroups: talk.abortion
- Subject: Re: Abortion, Pregnancy, and Health (was re: Who is this ref.)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.123757.1803@menudo.uh.edu>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 12:37:57 GMT
- References: <1992Jul23.050807.9619@watson.ibm.com> <1992Jul23.192003.1500@menudo.uh.edu> <1992Jul23.220133.7657@advtech.uswest.com>
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- In-Reply-To: steven@jaynes's message of Thu, 23 Jul 1992 22:01:33 GMT
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- In <1992Jul23.220133.7657@advtech.uswest.com> steven@jaynes writes:
-
- > > = (MILLER, JIMMY A.) writes:
- > >> = Larry writes:
- >
- > >> Tobacco . . . . . . . . . . . . 360,000 [legal]
- > >> Alcohol . . . . . . . . . . . . 130,000 [legal]
- > >> Prescribed drugs . . . . . . . 18,675 [legal]
- > >> Caffeine . . . . . . . . . . . 5,800 [legal]
- > >> Cocaine . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,390 [illegal]
- > >> Heroin . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,147 [illegal]
- > >> Aspirin . . . . . . . . . . . . 986 [legal]
- > >> Marijuana . . . . . . . . . . . 0 [illegal]
- >
- > > Thanks. A little math on the illegal substances brings that death rate
- > >to about 1.1 per 100,000 population, assuming somwehat less than 250 million
- > >population for the US. It's only approximate, but I don't have a calculator
- > >handy. Since not all 200+ million people in the US use illegal drugs, I reckon
- > >it's safe to assume that the rate for users in considerably higher.
- >
- > Not all people use tobacco. Not all people drink alky. Not all people use
- > prescribed drugs...see?
- >
- > The rate for users of legal AND illegal drugs is considerably higher.
-
- Uhh, just to clear things up, I made a comment to Muriel once about how
- you were more likely to die by doing illegal drugs than by driving or abortion
- or pregnancy, but I had forgotten to look up the drug data when she asked.
-
- I was certainly not implying that illegal drugs kill more than legal ones.
- Sorry about that.
-
- semper fi,
-
- Jim Miller
-