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BIDEN ADMIN TO MAKE IT EASIER TO ACCESS MARIJUANA, EXPERTS WARN IT'S ANYTHING
BUT BENIGN

Talia Wise
05-01-2024

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The Biden administration is proposing one of the most significant changes to
drug policy in decades.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking to reclassify marijuana as a
less dangerous drug.

If approved, the proposal will move marijuana from a class including heroin,
ecstasy, and LSD, to one that carries less risk for addiction.

The change, which must be approved by the White House Office of Management and
Budget, would not legalize marijuana but would make it easier to prescribe for
medical use.

Despite 63% of voters saying they favor legalizing recreational use of marijuana
nationwide, opponents including several former top DEA officials who say the
potency of today's marijuana can have dangerous side effects, including
psychosis and anxiety disorder.

"This is a political act - it's not following the science," said former DEA
Administrator Tim Shea. "It's politics in election year. It's like forgiving
student loans. It's aimed at a select group of people and the impact is going to
be bad."

"Law enforcement can't believe it's happening," Shea added. 



As CBN News has reported, THC-related emergency room visits are on the rise,
especially where the products are more widely available.

Patients who ingest high levels of THC can also experience severe vomiting,
heart and lung complications, sexual dysfunction, and stomach paralysis. 



Former marijuana addict Zach Plant told CBN News the drug almost took his life.

"I had thoughts of other people wanting to hurt me, thoughts of the only way of
being safe was to end my own life," he said.

Zach was admitted to the hospital and was diagnosed with Cannabis-Induced
Psychosis. Symptoms include losing touch with reality, hallucinations,
delusions, and paranoia. Zach recalled the stark warning doctors gave him.

"'If you smoke marijuana again, there's a chance you don't come out of
psychosis. You go back into it and your brain may never recover,'" Zach said.

Nora Volkow, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, told CBN
News these types of episodes are becoming more common as the modern versions of
marijuana get stronger.

"The higher the dose of THC for example, the higher the likelihood that you will
end up with a psychotic episode," she said. "And that will lead you to the
emergency room department."

Kevin Sabet, Ph.D., the president and CEO of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, said
the potency of the drug has morphed over time. 

"This is not your Woodstock weed; we're seeing products up to 99.9 percent pure
THC," he told CBN News. "And if you smoked marijuana 20, 30 years ago, you
wouldn't even recognize these products."   



"It's coming in gummy bears, cookies, candies, lollipops," Sabet continued.

Laura Stack says marijuana stole the life of her son Johnny.  

He began using marijuana at age 14 when his home state of Colorado legalized its
recreational use. 

"He took his own life when he was 19 years old, five years later, after he
became psychotic, very delusional, and paranoid, and suspicious, from using the
marijuana," she said. 

Laura didn't realize that most of today's marijuana contains at least 10 times
the psychoactive compound THC than it did 20 years ago. 

"In my head, I said, 'It's just weed. I used it when I was a girl. I'm fine.
It's no big deal,' and I was so wrong," she said. 

Dr. Raymond Wiggins, an oral surgeon and author of "Weeding Out the Lies About
Marijuana," told CBN Digital despite its popularity the drug is anything but
benign.

"If you want to talk about psychosis, for those who start using marijuana at a
young age and who use it on a regular basis, there's a two and a half times risk
of psychosis," Wiggins said. "One study … actually showed a six times risk for
those who used it regularly."

With the mental health crisis on the rise among teens and young people, Wiggins
finds the normalization of marijuana usage disturbing.

"Marijuana actually causes bipolar disorder," he said citing a recent study he
found. "And the statistics are just incredible on that … and anyone who uses
marijuana will have an increased risk of bipolar disorder, according to this
study."



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Talia Wise has served as a multi-media producer for CBNNews.com, CBN Newswatch,
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she worked for Fox Sports Florida producing and reporting. Talia earned a
master’s degree in journalism from Regent University and a bachelor's degree
from the University of Virginia.
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