> Hard drugs are not pot or alcohol In point of fact, alcohol causes more deaths per year than all other drugs combined: CDC [0]: Alcohol causes over 140,000

> Hard drugs are not pot or alcohol In point of fact, alcohol causes more deaths per year than all other drugs combined: CDC [0]: Alcohol causes over 140,000 deaths per year according to data between 2015 and 2019 CDC [1]: All other drugs caused 100,000 deaths in the twelve month ending in April 2021 There's a lot of arguments to be made as to why (different legal status, different cultural norms around use, etc.) but the fact is that, currently, alcohol use is more lethal than all other drug use combined. --- [0]: https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/features/excessive-alcohol-deaths.html https://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/features/excessive-alcohol-death... [1]: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2021/20211117.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2021/...