Kennedy: Medicinal marijuana is a ‘Trojan horse’ for the recreational drug industry

[Wireless News]

http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/KlvVZGYL7LXhnJfLYJheTw--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/https://s.yimg.com/os/creatr-images/GLB/2017-04-17/2fcecff0-2353-11e7-9641-395f4aadda3a_Screen-Shot-2017-04-17-at-5-48-55-AM.png (https://www.yahoo.com/news/kennedy-medicinal-marijuana-trojan-horse-recreational-drug-industry-094751917.html)While the nation remains divided on whether recreational marijuana should be legalized, an exclusive new Yahoo News/Marist Poll finds that 83 percent of American adults — even 81 percent of parents — believe that medicinal marijuana should be legalized. Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) says that lobbyists pushing for the legalization of medical marijuana are trying to sell the public on a “Trojan horse” — making the drug seem more normalized and acceptable in society, though it still has dangerous impacts on minors. “The public health doesn’t stand a chance in this fight, because we’re up against money that is going to continue to grow as this industry spreads,” Kennedy concedes, likening marijuana proponents to the big tobacco industry.



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