A couple of weeks ago, during her monthly appearance on our show for the Midday Healthwatch, Dr. Leana Wen, a former Baltimore City Health Commissioner, discussed an essay she published in the Washington Post about the health effects of cannabis. That essay garnered more than 5,000 responses in the Post, and when we talked about it here on Midday, lots of listeners called and e-mailed us to weigh-in as well.
In less than two weeks, Maryland is set to join nearly 40 other states allowing the recreational use of marijuana. What will the public health impacts be?
Research has established medical benefits for cancer patients, and people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. But experts also point to cannabis as a factor in schizophrenia, respiratory problems, and low birth weight.
My guests are Dr. Leigh Vinocur and Dr. David Jernigan.
Dr. Leigh Vinocur is a board certified emergency physician, who holds a master’s degree in cannabis science and therapeutics from a relatively new program at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.
Dr. David Jernigan is a Professor of Health Law, Policy & Management at the Boston University School of Public Health. He’s also an adjunct professor in the Health, Behavior and Society department at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has researched the issue of alcohol advertising, marketing, and promotion, and he’s a co-author of Cannabis: Moving Forward, Protecting Health.
In my opinion from what I have seen in my lifetime, Weed is a lot safer than Alcohol. I would much rather talk to someone who has smoked than someone who is drinking. Alcohol ruins more families and kills more people.
Far Out Man,.
maybe Mikey Lewis can have pot again man
ITS LEGAL RIGHT ?
Using pot causes mental health issues
For anyone that thinks this is harmless is a fool I have a family member that started this at age 14 and now at 69 never stopped and is still on drugs and a lot worse variety she never got off at all the dependency just grew. Don’t start then you don’t ruin your life.
Read Tell Your Children by Alex Berenson for the harms of cannabis.
What the alleged gun hating democrats don’t think about (they really probably don’t care, they just don’t want the population armed and able to defend themselves), is the number of guns that are confiscated from “the overwhelming odor of marijuana” when a car is stopped for going 75 in a 55, and the people inside are smoking a big fat blunt, and have 25 pounds in the trunk, along with crack, heroin, fentanyl, whatever, pick your poison…oh, and the obligatory scales, paraphernalia and…wait for it… GUNS, many times ghost guns with no serial number. No matter what your position is on marijuana, the simple fact is that so many stops for smaller things end up snagging a big drug dealer, gang banger, crazed husband that wants to shoot his wife, etc. Ask any cop or prosecutor about this. So now, the smell of marijuana will no longer be probable cause to search. I know you cop haters will say dumb things about this, but personally, I would rather the young thug/ hardened criminal have his illegal guns taken away
As well as the fact, like alcohol, marijuana lowers your connection to the world around you. They also will not allow marijuana smokers to own guns. They are doing anything to dumb you down.
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This stuff is not your Grandma’s garden pot. It’s so hybridized now I don’t know what it is or how anyone could possibly function on it. I can see why people use it for pain it absolutely numbs your mind to not feel or care at all.
But, look at Willie Nelson!! He has thrived well on it.
“I’ll never smoke weed with willet again…” 😂🤣😵💫
2 Purposes of Govt making it Legal !!! > Population Control / TAXES !!!!!!