jusdt found some statistics for the year 2000

Tobacco (435,000 deaths; 18.1% of total US deaths

Alcohol consumption (85,000 deaths; 3.5%)

(Note: 16,653 deaths from alcohol-related vehicle crashes are included in both Alcohol consumption above and Motor vehicle crashes below.)

and then amazingly... Illicit use of drugs (17,000)

The government sure makes a "killing" on the alcohol and tobacco taxes, just like people made a killing with organized crime during prohibition, but still bet less people were killed with a tommy gun than the number of people who die a year from the simple consumption of a poisonous liquid.

Think about this.. say there was a rubber bouncy ball, every time ya play with it, it tears apart some random organ in your body (same one every time) and there is a 1/10 (fictional fraction) chance you will die when ya play with the ball, and alot of people can't stop playing with the damn bouncy ball even though it is hurting them and making people drop like flies, dun ya think that stupid bouncy ball would be outlawed? lol