Re: Pot Toking British Columbia getting Healthier

"creekchub" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Phil Stovell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > http://sierratimes.com/03/12/03/ar_pot_bc.htm
> >
> > Pot Toking British Columbia getting Healthier
> >
> > Steve Kubby
> >
> > What's it like living in pot-friendly British Columbia? Well, aside
> from
> > everyone being a lot friendlier and easy going, people in the home of
> "BC Bud"
> > are getting healthier as well. Just look at the latest stats from
> British
> > Columbia's provincial health officer Dr. Perry Kendall:
> >
> > 1. Declining death rate for cancer continues, dropping to 15.7 per
> 10,000 last
> > year. The rate was 17.08 a decade earlier. This statistic counters the
> > exploding cancer rates in the US and confirms research showing that
> cannabis
> > fights tumors.
> >
> > 2. Lowest number of 15- to 19-year-old smokers at 16.5 per cent, less
> than half
> > the percentage of teen smokers (33.6) in Quebec. Latest study shows
> more BC
> > kids smoke pot than cigarettes.
> >
> > 3. Increased life expectancy: Men at age 65 can now expect to live to
> 82.2, up
> > 4.5 years from 1950; women at age 65 can expect to live to 86.4, up
> 5.4 years.
> > More confirmation that pot tokers live longer.
> >
> > 4. Lowest percentage of smokers in Canada, at 20.5 per cent, down from
> 25.8 in
> > 1994-95. More adults in BC smoke pot than cigarettes as well.
> >
> > 5. Fewer preventable hospitalizations, a drop of 22 per cent since
> 1997-98,
> > meaning more beds for those in need. Another indication that medical
> use of
> > cannabis is helping patients and reducing public health costs.
> >
> > Dr. Kendall doesn't mention cannabis in his report, but he does cite
> alcohol as
> > the biggest problem in the province, contributing to 31 per cent of
> fatal
> > accidents, causing obesity and other serious health problems.
> >
> > --
> > Phil Stovell
> > South Hampshire, UK
>
> Has the cost of living rose?
> How can you fight poverty if the cost of living remains the same or
> reduces?
> Where are the police going to get all that money it takes to chase them
> off their land and lock up the poor?
>
> I think the article is good however the Police States will tear it apart
> due to the powaquatsis need for capitalizing on chaos.


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