I'm pretty sick of marijuana advocates shirking responsibility when it comes to their drug use. 1% of fatal traffic deaths can be tied directly to marijuana use only. There are roughly 40,000 traffic deaths a year, so 400 per year. While the number is small, it is certainly not zero. It is double the rate of cocaine alone traffic deaths. So, what, score one for the cocaine users?
Nowhere in that quote does it say that the overdoses were attributed to marijuana use. It's saying marijuana is a gateway drug, which if you were reasonable you'd agree that it totally is. It's the stronger drugs that people are overdosing on, stronger drugs that one would never come across if it weren't for their recreational marijuana use. Just because you didn't jump from marijuana to cocaine to heroin, and so on doesn't mean it doesn't happen. But this is the myopic view of a pothead, that if it didn't happen to them it didn't happen at all.
Having said that, you don't necessarily need one drug before the other, like marijuana before cocaine, and anyone's capable of anything, including keeping their marijuana habit under control. I just hate the righteous indignation of some pot smokers. A little more responsibility on their part would be awesome. And a lot more responsibility on the government's part would be incredible.