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Chelsea Clinton Makes Harmful Remarks About Cannabis

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Chelsea ClintonChelsea Clinton, daughter of presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, insinuated that cannabis was responsible for multiple deaths in Colorado. Clinton stated that there was anecdotal evidence that cannabis could be used to treat medical conditions, and then she said;

But we also have anecdotal evidence now from Colorado, where some of the people who were taking marijuana for those purposes, the coroner believes, after they died, there was drug interactions with other things they were taking.

It is important to note that there has never been a documented instance of someone overdosing on cannabis.

“Cannabis can synergize with certain medications such as opiates to actually increase the analgesic, or pain relieving, effects of the drug,” Dr. Michele Ross, a cannabis researcher and founder of the IMPACT Network in Denver, Colorado, told ATTN: on Tuesday. “What it doesn’t seem to synergize with is the side effect of the drugs. So, for example, whereas opiates can depress your breathing, slow it down, cannabis will not enhance that.”

For her part, Hillary Clinton, has made it her policy to respect state’s rights in regards to medical and recreational cannabis. She has also promised to reschedule cannabis under federal law. A step that would make it easier for scientists to conduct research on the plant.

“Anyone who has experience with marijuana or is even vaguely familiar with the research knows that cannabis has never lead to an overdose death in recorded history,” said Tom Angell, founder of Marijuana Majority, a non-partisan organization advocating for marijuana reform. “Chelsea Clinton has a huge platform, and I hope that she will take the opportunity to quickly correct the record.”

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