Pubdate: Wed, 09 Nov 2016
Source: Wall Street Journal (US)
Copyright: 2016 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.wsj.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/487
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n664/a03.html
Author: Tannahill Glen

RESPONSE TO " A BRAVE NEW WEED"

The current push for nationwide legalization of marijuana - a thinly 
veiled effort to attract young and vaguely confused voters - is 
reminiscent of the disastrous creation and implementation of the 
Affordable Care Act: Do something, do anything to make it happen and 
worry about costs and consequences later. For example, what statutes are 
in place to ensure critical personnel aren't using marijuana, which is 
known to affect cognition? Surely we haven't forgotten the devastating 
effects of the abuse of legally prescribed opioids.

Tannahill Glen, Psy.D., ABPP

Jacksonville, Fla.
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