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>> Laura: IT IS TIME FOR ALBERT
"SEEN AND UNSEEN" SEGMENT
QUICKLY WE REVEALED THAT THE
STORIES BEHIND THAT HEADLINE.
WE TURN TO FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR
RAYMOND ARROYO.
>> Raymond: LAURA, YOU HAVE BEEN
COVERING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
EVEN RECREATIONAL DRUG USE
BETWEEN MARIJUANA AND CRIME.
HERE IN NEWARK CITY, MAYOR ERIC
ADAMS HAS LONG BEEN A PROPONENT
OF MARIJUANA.
>> WOULD HAVE MY BEST GIFTS AS
YOU KNOW, MARIJUANA IS LEGAL
BUT.
>> I DID NOT KNOW.
I AM NOT AWARE.
I’M NOT INTO THAT SCENE.
>> Mayor Adams: AND I CAN’T GIVE
YOU THIS GIFT.
I WILL GIVE IT TO YOU LATER, YOU
KNOW?
>> Raymond: NO MATTER WHERE YOU
GO INTO CD, EVEN IN THE MORNING
AS WE DID THE OTHER DAY, DRUGS
ARE EVERYWHERE.
PEOPLE ARE BRAZENLY USING ALL
MATTER OF SUBSTANCES RIGHT OUT
IN THE OPEN AND DRUG USE IS NOT
THE ONLY THING RISING.
>> SINCE IT WAS A CRIME HAS
EXPLODED.
ROBBERIES ARE UP 33% AND NOW
THAT MAYOR HAS ANY IDEA TO TEACH
PEOPLE HOW TO USE DRUGS SAFELY.
KIND OF EDITORIAL.
HE HAS INSTITUTED THE PLAN BUT
GIVEN THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
VIOLENCE AND DRUG USE, IS THIS A
GOOD IDEA?
WE ASK NEW YORKERS WHAT THEY
THOUGHT.
>> ARE WE NOW CRM LYSING
MARIJUANA?
>> Raymond: THEY ARE LEGALIZING
IT.
IS THAT A GOOD IDEA?
>> YES IT IS.
I AM OF THE OPINION YOU SHOULD
HAVE ALL DRUGS BE LEGAL.
>> Raymond: TELL ME YOUR EXPENSE
WITH CRIME IN THE CITY.
>> I HATE IT.
THE ENTIRE CITY IS A JUNGLE.
AND WE ARE AT RISK.
I DON’T EVEN TAKE SUBWAYS.
I’M AFRAID TO GO UNDER.
>> THE GENERAL SORT OF STAY OF
THE CITY IS -- HAS SLIPPED.
IT IS DIRTIER.
>> DEFINITELY AN UPTICK OF CRIME
THINK I JUST GOT SPENT ON --
SPAT ON BY A HOMELESS DUDE.
>> Raymond: ARE YOU CONCERNED BY
THE RISE OF MARIJUANA USE YOU
SEE?
>> NO.
I’M NOT RIGHT ABOUT MARIJUANA
USE.
I DON’T THINK THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE DOING THESE CRAZY THINGS ARE
USING MARIJUANA.
THEY ARE USING EITHER AT RISK
DRUGS OR THEY ARE IN PSYCHOSIS.
>> I WAS HERE UNDER GIULIANI AND
I SAW THE ABSENCE OF PUBLIC DRUG
USE SEEMS TO BE THE NORM THAN
AND NOW IT IS EVERYWHERE.
I’M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT WE.
STRUNG OUT HAIR WENT LOOKING
PEOPLE ALL OVER MANHATTAN’S.
>> Raymond: WHEN YOU LEARN AS I
DID RECENTLY D AURORA SHOOTER,
GABBY GIFFORDS SHOOTER, THE
SHOOTER IN TEXAS, DEPARTMENT
SHOOTER, ALL YOUNG MEN ON
MARIJUANA.
THERE’S A PSYCHOTIC NEXT YEAR.
>> COME ON.
COME ON.
I’M NOT BUYING THAT.
I DON’T THINK MARIJUANA IS THAT
BIG OF A DEAL BUT I THINK WE
HAVE MORE A PROBLEM WITH MENTAL
HEALTH THAT PEOPLE CAN’T GET
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BECAUSE
SOCIETY WE HAVE BUILT IS
UNLIVABLE FOR MOST PEOPLE.
>> Raymond: CAN YOU USE DRUGS
SAFELY?
>> NO, AT LEAST NOT.
>> IT IS THE DEMOCRATS
APPROACHED WHICH IS THE
DESTRUCTION OF THE QUANTITY OF
LIFE -- QUALITY OF LIFE FOR
CONSERVATIVES AND FOR
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS.
>> Raymond: LAURA, SO MANY OF
THESE NEW YORKERS DO NOT SEE THE
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE
CRIMINALITY THEY ARE
EXPERIENCING AND DRUG IS.
THEY DISMISS IT.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF DRUG ABUSE, THE
HIGH TH.D., FOUR TIMES AS POTENT
AS 1995’S VERSION AND THEN BY’S
STUDY CHOSE A FOURFOLD INCREASE
IN PSYCHOSIS AND SCHIZOPHRENIA
AMONG POT USERS.
>> Laura: IT IS MORE THAN NOT A
STRETCH.
THIS HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN
STUDY AFTER STUDY AND BLOWING
OFF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN
INCREASE CHANCES TO -- AGAINST
SCHIZOPHRENIA, BIPOLAR DISORDER,
DEVELOPED PSYCHOSIS.
WE HAVE MANY, MANY EXAMPLES OF
THIS.
WE HAVE HAD DOCTORS ON WHO HAVE
DOCUMENTED IT AND WHO HAVE
TREATED IT IN EMERGENCY ROOMS.
THE NEW YORKERS YOU HAVE
INTERVIEWED GOT SOME OF THEM
SEEM LIKE THEY ARE GREAT PEOPLE.
BUT THEY GOT TO READ MORE,
UNDERSTAND MORE.
PSYCHOSIS DOES NOT COME OUT OF
NOWHERE, OKAY?
>> Raymond: THE MAYOR OF NEW
YORK SEES THIS AS A CASH GRAB.
HE SEES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
TAX REVENUE.
THEY TRIED THIS IN OREGON.
THIS ALMOST, NO COVERAGE.
2020, THEY PASSED A MEASURE
DECRIMINALIZING MOST DRUGS BUT
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO WAS CALLED A
ONE HATE -- $1,800 AND YOU GOT A
FINE IF YOU WERE POSSESSING IT.
91 OF THEM CALLED THE HARD LEAD
TO GET OFF THE DRUGS.
OREGON IS THE MOST ADDICTED
STATE IN THE UNION.