Do Harsh Pot Laws Create a Dangerous Drinking Culture? 5 Reasons to Get Stoned Instead of Drunk | | AlterNet

Alcohol kills approximately 70,000 people per year. Prescription pills, which have helped overdose become the leading cause of accidental death in America, result in more than 20,000 deaths per year. Marijuana has never killed anybody.

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125 Year Old Woman Claimed Smoking Pot Everyday Was Her Secret to Long Life « Cafe Vale Tudo

A 125-year-old woman, said to be one of the oldest women in India, died at her home in Orissa, her family said Sunday. Fulla Nayak claimed that smoking cannabis every day was her secret to long life.

Fulla Nayak, a resident of Kanarpur village in the coastal district of Kendrapada, died of old age complications Saturday.

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Was Shakespeare a Stoner? His Grave Could Hold the Answer – TIME NewsFeed

Almost 400 years after his death, a literary legend may get drug tested.

A South African anthropologist has requested to open the grave of William Shakespeare to see if he can demystify the cause of the English dramatist’s death—as well as determine whether or not marijuana was his muse, Live Science reports.

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