The Hidden Dangers of Marijuana Must Be Discussed Publicly
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A long experienced investigative reporter discussed the hidden dangers of “The Weed” at a gathering of students from a Midwestern college. Part of what he said follows:
“Far less work has been done on marijuana than on alcohol partly because advocates have stigmatized anyone who raises the issue. But studies showing that marijuana use is a significant risk factor for violence have quietly piled up.”
“After an exhaustive review, the National Academy of Medicine found, in 2017 that cannabis use is likely to increase the risk of developing schizophrenia and other psychoses; the higher the use, the greater the risk,” according to a Jan. 18, 2019, article titled “Marijuana, Mental Illness and Violence in Imprimis, a Hillsdale College publication.
Pope Francis said that “when money becomes a person’s God, greed becomes the chief motivator of what people do, permit or support. In the end, it ruins society, it condemns and enslaves men and women, it destroys human fraternity, it sets people against one another, and, as one can clearly see, it even puts at risk our common home.”
Joe Pettit
Yorktown Heights
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