Donald Trump Must Be Blind to What is Happening With Marijuana

Source: Donald Trump Must Be Blind to What is Happening With Marijuana

How can Mr. Trump express concern over the impacts of drug selling and use on the health and safety of America and then endorse pot legalization in Florida?

He can't.

If Joe Biden is pandering to young adults with student loan forgiveness, then this is certainly pandering to young adult pot users.

If Kamala Harris is flip-flopping regarding the border wall or fracking, this is absolutely flip-flopping on illicit drug use.

A president who tells his children every day, "No alcohol, no tobacco, no drugs," now endorses pot legalization, pot rescheduling, and pot use (for medical purposes)? He is being absurd.

There is no difference between drug cartel pot and so-called "medicinal pot." Science, researchers, doctors, and Trumps own surgeon general stated "There is no such thing as 'medical' marijuana." Here are 5 reasons why cannabis is not medicine. 

A law-and-order candidate must recognize that in many large cities, approximately 80% of male arrestees test positive for pot. Additionally, the pot industry will not be regulated to lessen some of the harms of pot use—no potency limits, weak or non-existent warning labels, continuous violations of laws and regulations when attempted, and constant modifications of the drugs to make them more addictive, appealing to kids, potent, and ubiquitous in our communities.

A candidate concerned about the health of Americans must realize that marijuana causes or exacerbates:

• Depression and suicidality
• Psychosis and schizophrenia
• Violence
• Child poisonings, abuse, and neglect
• Impaired driving
• IQ loss
• Psychotic violence, including mass murder
• Addiction and the use of other drugs
• Lung cancer
• Heart conditions, including heart attacks and high blood pressure
• Impairment of neonatal brain development
• Testicular cancer and sterility
• Much more

It appears that Mr. Trump has only received information from pro-pot sources, such as the CEO of Trulieve, the tobacco-industry-on-steroids company that has poured more than $75 million into the Florida initiative campaign.

AALM calls on Donald Trump and all candidates for elected office to become accurately informed. Meet with families and individuals impacted by this drug. Consult with drug use, addiction, and prevention specialists, as well as doctors and researchers monitoring the negative impacts of pot use and the evolution of the drug and the pot industry. Then, for the public good and to make America great again, make your newly informed position known.