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Senator Grassley implies marijuana is unsafe

Charles Grassley
Charles Grassley

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley lashed out today at the safety of marijuana, citing a study.

According to Senator Grassley, a study in a “prestigious” journal “contradicts the growing perception, especially among teen-agers, that marijuana use is harmless”. The study says “cumulative lifetime exposure to marijuana remained significantly associated with worse verbal memory.”

He didn’t name the journal nor the name of the study.

“This study follows one from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that people who are addicted to marijuana are three times more likely to be addicted to heroin,” Senator Grassley explained. “Deaths from heroin and prescription opioid overdoses have increased dramatically in recent years”.

Senator Grassley pushes for strong enforcement of federal anti-drug laws as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Caucus on International Narcotics Control. He has served in the Congress since 1975 and became a senator in 1981. He is up for re-election this year.

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