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From: draughn@iitmax.IIT.EDU (Mark Draughn)
Newsgroups: alt.drugs
Subject: Re: NBWA supports the war on drugs
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Date: 16 Jan 90 18:41:49 GMT
References: <9001160300.AA17533@cds709.noble.com>
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In article <9001160300.AA17533@cds709.noble.com> pete@cadence.com (Pete Zakel) writes:
>
>Jimmy Carter (I believe) has said that American cigarettes kill far more
>Columbians than Columbian cocaine kills Americans.
>

What an interesting statistic!

Can anybody furnish references or proof?  I would love to use it, but I
wouldn't want to be caught if it turned out to be wrong.  So, does
anybody have the relevant mortalitiy and market share statistics?  Or maybe
a reference to a reliable source?

Thanks,

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