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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: We Need Fewer Drugs, Not More Drugs
Description: The Wall Street Journal reports President Trump might reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous, Schedule III drug. The President should reconsider. Marijuana harms our children and darkens their futures. In states with legal āadult useā marijuana, thereās been a 25 percent increase in marijuana use disorder among twelve-to-seventeen-year-olds, compared to states where the drug isnāt legal. Studies show that marijuana can cause psychosis, schizophrenia, anxiety and depression. Itās a major risk factor for mental illness. Reclassifying marijuana will undermine some of the presidentās key goalsāincluding cleaning up our cities, making our nation more co...