Virginia Legislators Need to Evaluate Public Health Outcomes in Pot Legal States says PopPot
MERRIFIELD, VA, USA, February 4, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Virginia’s state legislature is fast-tracking a bill to legalize marijuana. Parents Opposed to Pot (PotPot), a Virginia-based educational nonprofit, calls on the legislature to slow down and consider the fact that this is an addictive drug which can cause severe mental illness.
“The governor claims his top priority is public health, and yet the only legislative committee not to review the pending marijuana commercialization law is the Health committee,” explains Aubree Adams, Assistant Director of PopPot. “Our website, poppot.org, contains dozens of stories of marijuana addiction, psychosis, and death, written by parents, former and current users of marijuana.”
Marijuana is a drug which disrupts many functions of the brain: executive reasoning, space and time awareness, dopamine regulation, and vision. Serious side effects include: paranoia, delusional thinking, tunnel vision, psychosis, schizophrenia, flashbacks, and blackouts. These issues sometimes cause suicide.
There are many impacts Virginia families are already experiencing even before cannabis is available from retail stores. First, illicit teen use is influencing…
Original Author Link click here to read complete story..
Virginia Legislators Need to Evaluate Public Health Outcomes in Pot Legal States says PopPot
MERRIFIELD, VA, USA, February 4, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Virginia’s state legislature is fast-tracking a bill to legalize marijuana. Parents Opposed to Pot (PotPot), a Virginia-based educational nonprofit, calls on the legislature to slow down and consider the fact that this is an addictive drug which can cause severe mental illness.
“The governor claims his top priority is public health, and yet the only legislative committee not to review the pending marijuana commercialization law is the Health committee,” explains Aubree Adams, Assistant Director of PopPot. “Our website, poppot.org, contains dozens of stories of marijuana addiction, psychosis, and death, written by parents, former and current users of marijuana.”
Marijuana is a drug which disrupts many functions of the brain: executive reasoning, space and time awareness, dopamine regulation, and vision. Serious side effects include: paranoia, delusional thinking, tunnel vision, psychosis, schizophrenia, flashbacks, and blackouts. These issues sometimes cause suicide.
There are many impacts Virginia families are already experiencing even before cannabis is available from retail stores. First, illicit teen use is influencing…