Alcohol and tobacco need to be placed on the DEA list of controlled substances as a schedule 1due to the fact that more deaths occur each year as a result of their consumption. Both substances destroy lives, they are the REAL "Gateway" Drugs. Thousands of people suffer from alcoholism which and lead to a numerous amount of health problems including cirrhosis of the liver.
If current trends continue, by the year 2020, tobacco is projected to kill about 7 million people a year worldwide.
Source: World Health Organization. Tobacco Atlas (2009). Pg.38 Maternal smoking during pregnancy and exposure to secondhand smoke in infancy results in the deaths of 776 infants every year in the U.S. Is that not enough info to finally rid our countrymen and women of the right to slowly kill themselves.



