From: [g t sc] at [poug01.nor.chevron.com] (Greg Schorr)

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Just thought I would pass on some data I came across while going through

some old issues of JAMA.  I think these data are a good indication

of just how warped our governments priorities are.



             # preventable deaths     Federal expenditures on prevention



Illicit Drugs       ~11,000                      ~$12,090,000,000



AIDS                ~37,000                      ~$2,400,000,000



Alcohol             ~100,000                     ~$278,000,000



Tobacco             ~425,000                     ~$330,000,000



Tobacco deaths include both active and passive smoking.



Source: March 2, 1994 JAMA p. 660.



I also came across the June 1, 1994 issue of JAMA in my wanderings.

I will follow up with more if anyone is interested.





Maybe I should also add that I took the data off a graph from a letter

to the editor from Mr. Stanton A. Glantz, PhD. The graph was produced

in turn with data from a 1993 article in JAMA and from the

federal budget for 1994-5 expenditures for research presentation and

education.  The deaths are from 1989 and, as far as I can tell, the

budget numbers are from 1994-5.



Greg Schorr



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