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https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/03/nebraska-governor-claims-legalizing-medical-cannabis-will-kill-your-kids/
In response to efforts to legalize medical cannabis in Nebraska, the states Republican Gov. Pete Ricketts trotted out the oldest anti-weed trope in the book: If you legalize marijuana, youre gonna kill your kids.
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MrsCheaplaugh
(183 posts)Funny, I don't see any dead children.
ret5hd
(20,523 posts)Oh...neither. Never mind.
captain queeg
(10,250 posts)Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)rsdsharp
(9,205 posts)Blue Owl
(50,512 posts)Claire Oh Nette
(2,636 posts)Because of the huge increases in dead kids in California, Nevada, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, Illinois....
Good one.
It's the one thing we do make in this country!
Has anyone died from a weed overdose? Is there a Weed anonymous? It will kill your kids. WHat horseshit.
Pretty sure weed is not a gateway drug. I smoke weed, but have never escalated to anything else. Pretty sure alcohol is the real gateway drug.
My dad is from Nebraska. When he was a boy, he remembers the government men coming to take care of all that ditch weed that grew wild. He was just glad he didn't have to clear it out.
It's a losing battle, and that line of reasoning shows how how out of touch and stupid the GOP thinks we are.
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)God republicans are anal.
BTW, it's his family who owns the Chicago Cubs.
How does he feel about the child tax credit?
Calculating
(2,957 posts)Always these same types spreading the reefer madness
TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts).
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Yavin4
(35,446 posts)The kids there are healthier and happier than American kids.
IcyPeas
(21,910 posts)multigraincracker
(32,727 posts)Motor vehicle crashes, firearm deaths, and pediatric cancer were the top three leading causes of death among children and adolescents in 2016, researchers found.
Celerity
(43,545 posts)Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)obamanut2012
(26,142 posts)It is a ridiculous and antiquated way to look at cannabis.