1. According to The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University

2. Tobacco Tobacco kills about 400,000 people per year

3. Alcohol Alcohol kills about 80,000 people per year

4. Workplace accidents Workplace accidents kill 60,000 people per year

5. Automobile Accidents Kill people 40,000 per year

6. Cocaine Cocaine kills about 2,500 people per year

7. Heroin Heroin kills about 2,000 people per year

8. Aspirin Aspirin kills about 2,000 people per year

9. Marijuana Marijuana kills… 0 There has never been a recorded death due to marijuana at any time in US history

10. More Facts All illegal drugs combined kill under 20,000 per year, or a small percent of the number killed by alcohol and tobacco. Tobacco kills more people each year than all of the people killed by all of the illegal drugs in the last one hundred years