Speaker 1: We have a voicemail number. That number is 2192. David P here is a caller commenting on
fox news host Laura Ingraham last week linking cannabis to mass shootings. Take a listen to this.
Speaker 5: Hey, David. Susan from Chicago, Cummings commenting on Laura Ingraham and her
ridiculous marijuana conclusion. Yep. I can assure you that people are still marijuana,
are not out committing crime. We were at home eating frozen cookie dough in our pajamas. So
keep that in mind and have a nice day. Speaker 1: Yeah. And of course, this the
stereotype of the cannabis user is relaxed, low key, not out there committing violent crimes. And
generally speaking, that's accurate. There are some studies we've talked about which can link
cannabis to people kind of predisposed to aggressive behavior in some of them. There
have been some studies that say cannabis can sort of and enliven that tendency, but no evidence
whatsoever of a causal relationship between cannabis and violent crime. That's what the
facts and the best studies we have tell us. As of right now, I don't even know that Laura Ingraham
really believes it, but it's certainly something I mean, listen, don't latch on to anything.
For the first few days after the Texas shooting, it was doors too many doors open, doors unlocked,
doors. Then it shifted to other things. Well, it's mental illness, but you guys always vote against
funding for mental illness. Well, so it's probably some other thing. Maybe now it's
cannabis. Cannabis psychosis is another thing they're pointing to. Their only goal is
don't talk about guns. That's the one piece we can't talk about anything else. They'll blow,
smoke up your, you know, wherever in your nostrils, but the gun piece you can't talk about.
We'll see what happens over the next week with this forthcoming vote in the House
on banning assault weapons. Can Democrats find ten Republicans in the Senate to get to 60
and would they have the votes of all 50? Democrats is also a fair question
to pass an assault weapons ban. I think by Friday we'll have a much better idea. We have a fantastic
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