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Our hearts break that violence continues to increase. Please look at marijuana's influence on the brain.
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Getting legalization of marijuana depended on lying. Now #Massachusetts has a chance to roll it back: foxnews.com/video/6407296708…
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New in BMJ Open: after legal recreational marijuana sales began in the West, hospitalizations for heart failure rose nearly 4% for each year of sales, heart attacks just over 3%, and atrial fibrillation just over 2%.
That's 50 million hospital records. The authors call for "a cautious approach to legalisation."
Marijuana isn't just a mental health issue. It's a heart issue too.
eurekalert.org/news-releases…
Oct 24'16: "the wrong-way driver in...which five people were killed, including three young college students from Cape Cod, was drunk and had marijuana in her system..." killed Kraig Diggs, Jordan Galvin-Justras, Cory Licata, Jordan Fisher. #Massachusetts capecodtimes.com/story/news/…
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Anne was told marijuana wasn’t addictive. She quit her job as a physical therapist to work at one of the first dispensaries in Massachusetts. Then it took over her life.
Her story isn’t rare. Communities with pot shops see more addiction, more youth use and more public drug dealing.
I spoke with Douglas Kennedy for this America’s Newsroom report on @FoxNews about why Question 8 is on the ballot. Watch the full segment.
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The Boston Globe backed commercial marijuana in 2016. Ten years later, its editorial board says:
"Marijuana use has been tied to psychosis, severe vomiting, and a risk of dependence."
"Since legalization, the number of cannabis-related emergency room visits by children and teenagers has increased."
When even the paper that cheered it on admits the harm, the debate is over.
thedrugreport.org/2026/10/21…
Continuing to ignore this problem is costly: "Psychotic disorders -- which include schizophrenia and related conditions involving breaks from reality -- and bipolar disorder are among the most disabling mental illnesses... require lifelong treatment" medicaldaily.com/teen-cannab…
Not surprising -- her relentless push to legalize marijuana at all costs reveals true intentions. She is a pot shop owner too. theepochtimes.com/us/virgini…
Parents who use pot are irresponsible. We've tracked more than 350 deaths by pot using parents. This is a result of the bad judgement and forgetfulness that comes with using marijuana. Glad the toddlers the babies are still alive. newsnationnow.com/crime/lexi…
Why has it taken @NPR years to be telling the try about the many teens experience cannabis-induced psychosis. npr.org/2026/02/21/nx-s1-571…
As for the seniors being told use pot for arthritis: THC is an intoxicant and, like any other intoxicant, will dull the sensations of pain temporarily. But it isn't therapeutic and offers no lasting cure or relief. Smoking a joint is akin to having a martini to dull your pain.
Violent Behavior as Related to Marijuana and Other Drugs, by Albert Friedman, Kimberly Glassman, Arlene Terras, Journal of Addictive Diseases, Vol 20(1), 2001,pp. 49-72. (Pot users nearly as likely to engage in violent behaviors as crack users)
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"I feel like they spray their marijuana with extra THC to make it more potent."
He bought it at a Massachusetts dispensary. That night, his mom watched him have a psychotic break.
Hear her story on Fortitude, the Parent Action Network podcast: learnaboutsam.org/pan
Yes cannabis does have horrible psychological outcomes for some users #Yeson8 in Massachusetts we've seen the problem. With legalization, the pot is so much more dangerous. wcvb.com/article/cannabis-cr…
Cannabis use during the teen years is predictive of intimate partner violence for both the perpetrators& victims. "The Relationship Between Marijuana Use and Intimate Partner Violence in a Nationally Representative, Longitudinal Sample,” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, May, 2012. poppot.org/2017/10/24/mariju…
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Think pot helps you sleep? The science says otherwise.
Northwestern researchers followed 1,266 adults for nearly 35 years. More lifetime marijuana use was tied to more interrupted sleep and more time awake at night. Recent users had worse sleep efficiency, and most of them didn't even notice.
"Our data do not support the belief that cannabis is helpful as a sleep aid." Dr. Mercedes Carnethon, Northwestern
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Canna Provisions in Lee, Mass. touts Berkshire County's unusually high concentration of cannabis businesses as an economic success worth protecting. Meanwhile, marijuana use among southern Berkshire 12th graders rose 70%. Where's the outrage? @BostonGlobe @BerkshireEagle news10.com/news/local-news/l…
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Massachusetts voters will decide on November 3 whether to end recreational marijuana sales. Kevin Sabet says the vote alone shows how far the debate has shifted, and that voters “got a lot more than they bargained for.”
@KevinSabet of Smart Approaches to Marijuana tells @LyndsayMKeith why he thinks legalization’s momentum is reversing.
Watch: thenationalpress.com/p/the-m…