350,000 people were born today, 300, 000 will die
200, 000 will die prematurely ....35,000 kids starve (wesak.net), 3000 from malaria, 3000 from AIDS etc
(* This is my estimate , but January 2010 an Age scientist said 150k die a day and 100k is old age related so less than 50k is truly premature)
Some Facts:
These are the known drug-related deaths in the UK, 1990: tobacco, 110,000; alcohol, 30,000; volatile substances, 112; morphine, 91; methadone, 84; heroin, 62; barbiturate type, 7; anti-depressants, 4; cocaine, 4; pethidine, 3; MDMA (Ecstasy), 3; amphetamine type, 2; hallucinogens, 0; LSD, 0; psylocibin, 0; cannabis, 0.
News from History
- 200 years ago the murder rate was 10 times more than it is today
- gin caused worse problems than heroin does today (crime, death, prostitution)
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