RB2R 22: Recreational Marijuana pt1

Rock Bottom 2 Recovery Podcast Episode 22
Recreational Marijuana...oh no!!
With pot shops getting ready to open July 1st I'll be discussing what's happened since we've legalized it and what we can expect.
SO TRUE!!!
Nora Volkow, MD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, sat down with The Boston Globe to talk about marijuana legalization and the opioid crisis facing the country.

Her answer to the Globe’s first question should make us all stop and think:

Q. What are your thoughts on pot legalization?

A. The greatest mortality from drugs comes from legal drugs. The moment you make a drug legal, you’re going to increase the number of people who get exposed to it, and therefore you increase the negative consequences from its use. When you legalize, you create an industry whose purpose is to make money selling those drugs. And how do you sell it? Mostly by enticing people to take them and entice them to take high quantities.