Cannabis is safer than Aspirin (and other NSAIDs)
Up to 1937 when it was outlawed, Cannabis was used in most commercial painkillers in the United States.
In 1899 aspirin was introduced, and took over the painkiller market when Cannabis was outlawed. However aspirin and other NSAIDS are not as safe as Cannabis causing all kinds of horrible side effects. NSAIDs kill 7600 people per year in the US.
Lets do a quick comparison:
Aspirin
- Used for 110 years
- Kills approximately 500 people every year in the US
- Purchased by children at any drug store or grocers
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Headaches
- Peptic ulcers
- Reyes Syndrome in under 19’s when treating fever
- Irreversible liver damage
- Nausea and vomiting
- Abdominal pain
Cannabis
- Used for approximately 6000 years
- Has never killed anyone in the history of mankind
- Is a Schedule 1 drug in the US and remains illegal in many countries
- Approximately four hours of reduced cognitive ability and short term memory loss
- Paranoia in some first time users (”freaking out”)
- Euphoria
- Dry mouth
- Bloodshot eyes
- Laughter
- Creative impulse
- Hunger
- Tiredness
- Forgetfulness