ALL
ALL THIS
ALL THIS WEEK -- WE'RE LOOKING AT MARIJUANA 4@ISSUES IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.4@TONIGHT --
WE'RE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY
LEADERS ABOUT THE HOT
4@WE REACHED OUT TO EVERY
SINGLE HOUSE AND SENATE MEMBER
IN TENNESSEE ASKING IF THEY
SUPPORT THE LEGALIZATION OF
MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL
4@
SUPPORT THE LEGALIZATION OF MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. OUT OF 132 áONLY
27 RESPONDED. 4@FOR MEDICAL
MARIJUANA 17 SUPPORT IT 10
OPPOSE. FOR RECREATIONAL 4@
MARIJUANA SIX SUPPORT IT
21 OPPOSE.
WE REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE
LAWMAKERS WHO SUPPORTS
LEGALIZING MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
WE ASKED HIM... AND THE HEAD
OF A DRUG 4@PREVENTION
NON-PROFIT WHO OPPOSES
LEGALIZATION4@TO SIT DOWN AND
SHARE THEIR STANCE IN THEIR
OWN WORDS.4@
MY NAME'S JEREMY FAISON. I'M
THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE 11TH HOUSE DISTRICT, AND I
ABSOLUTELY, UNEQUIVOCABLY
SUPPORT MEDICAL MARIJUANA.I'M
KAREN PERSHING. I'M THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
METRO DRUG 4@COALITION HERE IN
KNOXVILLE. WE'RE A 4@SUBSTANCE
ABUSE PREVENTION ORGANIZATION,
AND I 4@ABSOLUTELY OPPOSE
MEDICAL MARIJUANA.SO WE HAVE
4@A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR MEDICA
MARIJUANA.4@WE MUST HAVE IT IN
PLACE BEFORE CALLING 4@ANYTHING
4@MEDICAL.WE NEED TRIALS.WE DO
NEED TRIALS, I AGREE.MARIJUANA
AS SCHEDULE I -4@ NO VALUE TO
HUMAN LIFE.YOU MUST REJECT
NOTION THAT THERE'S NO VALUE.
UNLESS GOVERNMENT MOVES
FORWARD - WE'RE NE4@VER GOING T
SE4@E A MEDICAL TRIAL.4@WHEN YO
TAKE A BRAIN THAT'S NOT FULLY
DEVELOPED AND YOU ADD 4@DRUGS,
EVEN IF IT'S MEDICINE, BUT YOU
INTRODUCE WITH THC TO
ADOLESCENT, IT HALTS BRAIN
DEVELOPMENT.4@PEOPLE WHO USE IT
AT YOUNG AGE, THEIR
DEVELOPMENT IS DELAYED.4@ALL
DRUGS HAVE POTENTIAL OF
HURTING SOMEONE.I HAVE NOT
HEARD ONE STUDY SAY THERE'S
BEEN SOME MAJOR SIDE EFFECT,
EXCEPT WHERE CHILDREN 4@WERE
USING IT RECREATIONALLY.IF
THAT'S THE ONLY PROBLEM, I'LL
TRADE IT FOR ANY OF THE ISSUES
WE HAVE WITH BARBITUATES AND
OTHER DRUGS.NATIONAL ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES COMMISSIONED BY
CONGRESS IN 2002 TO STUDY
MARIJUANA AS 4@GATEWAY DRUG.4@T
SAID NO CORRELATION BETWEEN
MARIJUANA PLANT AND ANY 4@OTHER
DRUGS.THEY DID FIND TOBACCO
AND SUGAR AND CAFFEINE WERE
HUGE IN GATEWAY DRUGS.JUST NO
SCIENCE TO IT.IN TERMS OF
GATEWAY, THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF DRUGS ABUSE WOULD
SHOOT HOLE IN WHAT YOU SAID.
ADOLESCENTS: 3 DRUGS OF
CHOICE, TOBACCO, 4@NICOTINE,
VAPOR PRODUCTS, ALCOHOL AND
MARIJUANA.IF THEY USE BEFORE
AGE
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14, 17 TIMES @4@
14, 17 TIMES MORE LIKELY 4@TO HAVE SUBSTANCE ISSUE
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AS AN 4@
AS AN ADULT. 4@
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