The High Cost Of Getting High: How Legal Weed Is Destroying A Generation
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The High Cost Of Getting High: How Legal Weed Is Destroying A Generation

A recent study of dead drivers in a major Ohio county morgue found that 42% of them tested positive for THC. 

Matt Poling

As history shows, nearly every civilization has progressed and evolved using some form of alcohol. But no civilization in history has ever experimented with the types of industrialized THC products Western countries are now recklessly legalizing, commercializing, and normalizing. We might pause to ask ourselves why zero Asian countries have done so and why China is so anxious to promote this cultural suicide weapon here.

A 2023 global study on life expectancy showed we are back to pre-pandemic levels with one notable exception: Teens and young adults in Western countries are dying at higher rates, driven largely by suicides and substance use.

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