One of the most-often heard arguments used by cannabis prohibitionists to justify the War on Drugs is that “cannabis harms the developing brains of the young.”
The position has also been taken – in a modified context – by pot activists (2) and politicians (in both the US and Canada) (3) who say they are in favor of legalization. No matter what your feelings are about drug policy, it’s the thing everyone seems to agree on. As one “addiction expert” recently opined:
It is the one thing both Canadian Conservative PM Stephen Harper and Liberal Challenger Justin Trudeau seem to agree on when it comes to cannabis, and it appears within a majority of the articles about Trudeau’s pro-legalization cannabis policy that is in the news today.
David Malmo-Levine – Cannabis Culture – November 11, 2014.
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