![]() While many of Minnesota’s legislatures agree that legalization is something that should happen, not feel the same way. In a post this past Friday on the Minnesota Republicans webpage, Republican Senator Glenn Gruenhagen said the agenda to pass cannabis legalization is ‘extreme,’ and added that he felt the Democrats didn’t care about it’s dangers. He said, “The sheer volume of research and data we have about the dangers of legalizing marijuana would stop most reasonable people in their tracks.” Gruenhagen then went on to detail his concerns about potential dangers for children, addiction rates, and mental disorders. He added, “The dangers of legalizing marijuana are significant and far-reaching. From the impact on health to the potential harm to young people and society as a whole, the negative consequences are too numerous to ignore. Marijuana may have an easy-going reputation, but it is incredibly harmful.” Gruenhagen finished up by again using the issue as an attempt to disparage Democrats, by saying, “The Democrat effort to legalize it here is taking us down a dangerous and destructive path." While he may be trying to sway those who aren’t very knowledgeable about cannabis, the numbers show that a majority of people from both major political parties are in support of cannabis. Polls from Gallup and others have shown over and over that the majority of all voters support legalizing marijuana for recreational use in adults. And an even higher marjority believe medical marijuana should be legal. The reason why so many Americans are in favor is because most everyone has either seen, heard, or experienced the positive effects cannabis can have. There are countless examples. And as for Gruenhagen’s comment: “The sheer volume of research and data we have about the dangers of legalizing marijuana would stop most reasonable people in their tracks.” Well, he seems to have it backwards. The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, or NORML, recently announced that according to a PubMed.gov keyword search, researchers published more than 4,300 scientific research papers about cannabis in the year 2022 alone! And over the last decade or so, there have been approximately 42,500 scientific papers exploring cannabis. One study just published today, February 13, 2023 by the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, confirmed many previous findings: that cannabanoids can decrease seizures in several treatment-resistant forms of pediatric epilepsy. Comments are closed.
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