Categories: aggregated

Republicans Push Back on Marijuana Legalization – The GOP’s Family Policy Agenda Blames Weed for Suicide and Violence

How can the GOP say that cannabis legalization is tied to an increase in suicide and violence when data shows the opposite is true? Cannabis helps mental health, thus decreasing suicide and violence rates where it’s legal. In a 2021 study analyzing results of a 2013 investigation which found no association between medical marijuana legalization and mental health, researchers confirmed: “We found that recreational marijuana access was associated with a 6.29 percent reduction in suicide rates for males aged 40 to 49, but no other mental health outcomes were otherwise affected by liberalization of marijuana laws,” the authors wrote.

Jason

Share
Published by
Jason

Recent Posts

Light It Up: Why NORML Still Matters in the 21st Century

Let’s be real: cannabis culture in 2026 looks nothing like it did even a decade…

2 hours ago

Alcohol Is Fun. Hangovers Suck. Here’s What I Drink Instead.

A first-person review of the hemp-derived THC cocktail base I poured at our Cannabis Cup…

1 day ago

Every Roll of Paper You’ve Touched Comes From a French Invention. The English Took the Credit.

Every paper mill in the world still runs on the continuous-web design a Frenchman patented…

1 day ago

[Movie Trailer] ‘Cannesabis: Disclosure Night’: The Martians Came to Cannes for the Movies. They Brought Weed.

A new AI-assisted sci-fi satire from filmmaker Dan Levy Dagerman and the Space Weed Universe…

1 day ago

The Telltale Spark: Spain Dismantled 1,850 Indoor Cannabis Grows by Tracking Illegal Power Hookups in 2025

Spain has increased penalties for electricity theft linked to indoor cannabis cultivation after Endesa reported…

1 day ago

It’s Never Too Late to Grow Fire

How a 52-year-old first-time grower turned trial and error into a show-stopping harvest The first…

1 day ago