Caffeine kills, too
I know plenty of heroin and ex-heroin addicts and they tell me that they first started using caffeine, then tobacco or alcohol.
Soda pop is loaded with caffeine, and kids usually get their first rush from the sugar or the caffeine. Then, it’s on to tobacco, alcohol, and then, maybe for some, cannabis, prescription drugs of some sort and other illegal drugs, etc.
The drug-war propaganda seems to never go away. By the way, caffeine deaths in America, according to the U.S. Surgeon General, are at about 10,000 per year. Cannabis deaths are at zero. Tobacco deaths are at 450,000. Alcohol deaths are at 150,000. Illegal drugs number between 3,800-5,000. Legal drug deaths are at 100,000-plus.
MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmm.
Caffeine kills more Americans than all illegal drugs combined!!!
Educate yourself with facts, and leave the pot smokers alone.
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