I don't smoke, but I really, truly don't understand why we spend money and man-hours keeping marijuana illegal. And why do we spend money locking citizens up for smoking the stuff? Can anyone formulate a rationale for this policy? 'Cause it seems completely nonsensical to this prosimian ...

The Florida report analyzed 168,900 deaths statewide. Cocaine, heroin and all methamphetamines caused 989 deaths, it found, while legal opioids — strong painkillers in brand-name drugs like Vicodin and OxyContin — caused 2,328.

Drugs with benzodiazepine, mainly depressants like Valium and Xanax, led to 743 deaths. Alcohol was the most commonly occurring drug, appearing in the bodies of 4,179 of the dead and judged the cause of death of 466 — fewer than cocaine (843) but more than methamphetamine (25) and marijuana (0).