Pubdate: Sun, 27 Feb 2005
Source: Cape Cod Times (MA)
Copyright: 2005 Cape Cod Times
Contact:  http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/72
Author: Alan Reed
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LET US COUNT THE WAYS WE KILL OURSELVES

Some numbers:

Deaths at Hiroshima: 66,000.
Deaths in Iraq: more than 100,000.
Deaths on 9/11: about 2,700.

Annual:
Deaths from tobacco: about 435,000.
Deaths from obesity: about 365,000.
Deaths from alcohol: about 85,000.
Deaths from illegal drugs: 17,000.
Deaths from marijuana: zero.

The only one that is a result of someone else against us is the 9/11 
figure. The others are either done to us by ourselves or done to others by 
us. To quote Pogo Possum, "We have met the enemy and he is us!"

ALAN REED

Hyannis
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