Impacts of commercial marijuana industry are very bad

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   Readmikenowposted 2 years ago

   What did those on the left really think was going to happen?
   
   The data is in and it’s becoming increasingly clear that the impacts of commercial marijuana industry are even worse than we thought, particularly for America’s young people. A new report released by Smart Approaches to Marijuana shows the reality in "pot-legal states" paints a vastly different picture than the common sales pitch of the industry and supporters of legalization.
   
   Usage rates have reached record highs among those who are most vulnerable to marijuana’s long-term health effects. The National Institute on Drug Abuse warned, "Past-year, past-month, and daily marijuana use (use on 20 or more occasions in the past 30 days) reached the highest levels ever recorded" among those aged 19 to 30. The percentage of 8th, 10th and 12th graders who used marijuana daily has more than tripled between 1991 and 2020.
   
   Daily marijuana use is indicative of a marijuana use disorder, also known as addiction to marijuana. For all the talk about how pot is not addictive, in 2021, 1.3 million individuals between the ages of 12 and 17 had a marijuana use disorder, accounting for more than 46% of users in that age group. Legalization is also associated with a 25% increase in marijuana use disorder among them as well.
   
   As usage rates, potency and addiction have increased, the adverse effects have also increased. Though supporters of legalization like to downplay the risks of marijuana, the drug caused more than 70,000 individuals younger than 18 to have marijuana-related emergency department visits in 2021.
   
   The industry told parents and politicians that they would not target kids. That’s turned out to be false. From "Pot Tarts" to "Stoney Patch Kids," the packaging of edibles laced with high-potency THC often looks like traditional snacks. Not surprisingly, between 2017 and 2021, there was a 1,375% increase in at-home exposures to marijuana edibles involving children younger than 6. 
   
   https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/this-is … rug-crisis

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      Credence2posted 2 years agoin reply to this

      Of course marijuana is bad as is my opinion of most intoxicants. It's a dangerous world and I opt to be clear headed at all times.
      
      But, Marijuana laws were like chasing the wind, like prohibition. A lot of money and energy spent trying to keep people from doing what they want as it is victimless in that sense.
      
      We tolerate alcohol, why not marijuana? It is the authorities responsibility to regulate this product in the way that it regulates alcohol. Putting this substance in every candy bar was not what I had in mind and officials are not doing their job. Its possession should be considered as a controlled substance for minors as is alcohol.
      
      I am not downplaying anything, but the question remains why should one intoxicant be illegal and the other not, as we are not talking about cocaine or heroin in either case.
      
      So what is the Right's answer as they are for the proliferation of handguns and various weapons making availability ever more simpler,  never giving it another thought, but are determined to harass that "demon weed"?

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