Police shatter credibility on marijuana extract

It was a single Tweet, one some say has shattered police credibility when it comes to marijuana.

.@VPDGangUnit Shatter is a marijuana extract. Show me a case where someone has actually OD'd from this? You can't. pic.twitter.com/rlGtKrGIml

— drex (@drex) November 21, 2015

While well-intentioned, our tweets about #Shatter weren’t accurate & have been deleted. Our apologies. We will do better in future.

— VPDGangUnit (@VPDGangUnit) November 23, 2015

The subject of the Tweet, “Shatter,” is a concentrated marijuana extract. The problem? It’s impossible to overdose on, and has never killed anyone.

Earlier tonight on Drex Live, Drex spoke with Kirk Tousaw, constitutional lawyer and cannabis activist, about how police could have made such a mistake, and what it means for the marijuana debate.

WATCH: What is shatter?

Tousaw says the misunderstanding comes from thinking of Shatter as a “new”...

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