Why Can't We Discuss Marijuana Honestly?
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The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.My home state of Maine is in the middle of a battle to let voters decide whether or not to allow marijuana to be legalized for recreational use. While there are certainly passionate people on both sides of the issue, there seems to be a lack of desire for honest discussion between the groups. Either marijuana is the best thing ever--or the worst.
Take for instance this exchange printed in the Bangor Daily News yesterday, in which an anti-marijuana legalization speaker described the effects of a "marijuana overdose." According to Bruce Campbell, the clinical director at an addiction treatment agency, it is "a problem" that marijuana overdoses do not resemble overdoses of alcohol or heroin.
Campbell also said marijuana overdoses and dependency are possible. The problem, he said, is that marijuana overdoses and dependency do not look the same as with alcohol or opiates.
According to the CDC, one in...
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