Original sentence: In addition to anecdotal evidence, they cite statistics to show more deaths caused by drunk driving than by drivers under the influence of marijuana, more assaults instigated by drunks, and more property damage.There have very few cases of death from marijuana overdose recorded over the last 100 years and a 2002 DAWN report for the USA records two overdoses where marijuana was the only drug found Legal drugs however, have been the cause of more than half a million deaths a year: 480,000 from tobacco smoking-related illnesses and 80,000 from alcohol abuse.This inconsistency between the harm caused and the legal status of these common drugs undermines the declared motives of the law enforcement agencies to reduce harm by prohibition of marijuana.Together, tobacco and alcohol cause about 20 % of all yearly deaths in the USA, which would be preventable by direct prohibition
Edited sentence: Although there has not been one single substantiated case for the last 100 years in medical history of a marijuana overdose (death), two other legal drugs have been the cause of more than half a million deaths a year in the USA alone: 480,000 deaths from tobacco smoking-related illnesses and 80,000 from alcohol abuse.Although these drugs constitute about 20 % of all yearly deaths in the US, and although preventable by direct prohibition, they are legal to use.In addition to anecdotal evidence, they cite statistics to show more deaths caused by drunk driving than by drivers under the influence of cannabis, more assaults instigated by drunks than by smokers, and more property damage.This shows an inconsistency between the declared motives of the law enforcement agencies to reduce harm and the laws themselves, so can be argued that it is inconsistent that alcohol is legal for those over 21 in the United States, while marijuana is absolutely illegal