Marijuana and Death

I have been reading a variety of different articles lately in regards to marijuana related deaths, so far I have been unable to find any reports of someone overdosing or dying from consuming marijuana. I have on the other hand read about the drug cartels violently attacking each other and our own citizens (AKA LEO) who are actively participating in the war on drugs. Now, it seems to me the only ones dying from marijuana is those fighting to control an illicit market and those who trying to prohibit people from using marijuana. I shouldn't have to remind anyone of the bystanders who are caught in the crossfire. There are also a very few unfortunate people that have died who were denied organ transplants for using this herbal medication that worked better for them than the so called traditional medicines. (I am still trying to figure out how man-made chemicals became known as traditional medicines, I mean there is no tradition to it. It's not like it's been around for 10,000 years, so how does it become known as a tradition?) The only thing traditional in life is trial and error.

So, here we are with our government spending billions of dollars of taxpayer money every year in the war on drugs. (some refer to as a war on the citizens of the U.S.A.) All that money spent and what do we have to show for it? The unnecessary deaths of law enforcement officers who could be somebody's family, friend or neighbor. There is no way to truly know what percentage of marijuana they have successfully stopped from getting on the streets, but if I was to guess (I have been known to be wrong) I would say at the most 25%. If what I have read is even remotely close to being true not only has marijuana prohibition been a complete failure, it has cost us too much just in the lives lost. And I'm not only talking about those fighting this battle, I am also taking in consideration the number of lives that may have never been lost for their use of our government approved products.

Just how many alcohol related deaths or the alcohol related vehicular deaths  may have been avoided? How many alcohol related domestic abuse cases could have been avoided? How many families were destroyed because of alcohol addiction that could have been saved if people were given an option to use marijuana? After all it has been statistically proven a safer and less dangerous substance.