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In reply to the discussion: Have you ever competed against prison labor wages on your own job? I have [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Do you think Americans are seven times as criminal as Canadians?
The two biggest drug problems in the USA are tobacco and alcohol, tobacco alone kills close to a half million Americans each year and another twenty five thousand die in alcohol fueled car crashes.
http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/osh.htm
Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. Each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking. Despite these risks, approximately 46.6 million U.S. adults smoke cigarettes. Smokeless tobacco, cigars, and pipes also have deadly consequences, including lung, larynx, esophageal, and oral cancers.