THE DEBATE
Is Recreational Marijuana good for NH?
That is the basic question. But there is a second question: Why now? Let's answer both questions. There are three reasons identified for promoting legalized recreational marijuana: People should not be criminalized for marijuana use. NH has already de-criminalized the...
Marijuana Kills
“Saying marijuana…has never killed anyone is like saying tobacco has never killed anyone. Nobody dies from a tobacco overdose. You can’t smoke yourself to death. And yet nobody would dispute that tobacco causes death. … You die from lung cancer–you don’t die from...
Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
Alex BerensonAuthor, Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence The following is adapted from a speech delivered on January 15, 2019, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in...
Marijuana – “A Gateway Drug”
Despite some contentious discussions regarding the addictiveness of marijuana, the evidence clearly indicates that long-term marijuana use can lead to addiction. Indeed, approximately 9% of those who experiment with marijuana will become addicted (according to the...
Safer than Alcohol
“The reality is there are risks and harms with both substances, and I don’t think you can compare them. It’s like apples and oranges.” Alcohol has been researched extensively for decades, whereas cannabis has not, so there’s more data available on booze than pot.. ...
False Claims regarding Law Enforcement
“When voters made Colorado the first state in the nation to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, law enforcement was presented with a new challenge: understanding and enforcing new laws that aim to regulate marijuana use, rather than enforcing laws that deem...