A new book claims that marijuana causes aggression, psychosis, suicides, violence – and that its legalization in Washington even triggered a 40 percent increase in murder rates.
There is little concrete information about the drug’s benefits (despite plenty of claims) because its illegality has made it difficult to study.
But according to former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, there is clear evidence that marijuana is not as safe – and certainly not as curative – as the pro-cannabis groups would have us believe.
Writing in his new book Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence, Berenson weaves together various findings – including studies showing cannabis can cause mental illness, the 50-percent increase in schizophrenia hospital admissions since 2006, and Washington’s murder rate statistics, which shot up to its highest point in recent years after the state became the first to legalize pot. READ MORE…
A new book claims that marijuana causes aggression, psychosis, suicides, violence – and that its legalization in Washington even triggered a 40 percent increase in murder rates.
There is little concrete information about the drug’s benefits (despite plenty of claims) because its illegality has made it difficult to study.
But according to former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson, there is clear evidence that marijuana is not as safe – and certainly not as curative – as the pro-cannabis groups would have us believe.
Writing in his new book Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence, Berenson weaves together various findings – including studies showing cannabis can cause mental illness, the 50-percent increase in schizophrenia hospital admissions since 2006, and Washington’s murder rate statistics, which shot up to its highest point in recent years after the state became the first to legalize pot. READ MORE…
