Like coffee, marijuana has no documented fatalities, but there is currently a bill in Congress which, if passed, would make it a felony to distribute literature about marijuana, or any controlled substance for that matter. Formally called the Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act, the bill is technically aimed at meth labs, which, according to the co-sponsors of the bill, Senators Orrin Hatch (UT) and Dianne Feinstein (CA), are a growing environmental hazard. But the bill is not aimed at drugs per se - it's aimed at "information pertaining to the manufacture or use" of drugs. It would make it illegal, for example, for a college professor to discuss how drugs are produced in other countries. It would also make it a crime for a researcher to study one of marijuana's proven therapeutic uses. [continues 269 words]
