Study: Legalizing Cannabis Would Have Negligible Impact on Mexican Cartels

Thomas Pietschmann, a drug expert at the UN, cites a new study that demonstrates the decriminalization of marijuana would have a minimal effect on the profits of Mexican drug cartels. (00:34)

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Bernath: "Basically we lie to children about the dangers of marijuana."

by Christina Lovato, University of New Mexico-Talk Radio News Service

Dan Bernath, the Director of Communications at the Marijuana Policy Project, in Washington, D.C., said that the U.S. needs proven effects based education programs regarding marijuana and other drugs, especially for our kids. Bernath said “Basically we lie to children about the dangers of marijuana. Kids aren’t stupid, you know, and when they encounter these drugs for the first time, marijuana, and they discover that the world doesn’t come crashing around them like they’ve been told it would in their D.A.R.E. programs, they become skeptical and they start to wonder what else they’ve been lied to about.” (00:41)


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Hemp: "It got mixed up with the marijuana," says Nader

Presidential candidate Ralph Nader says hemp can actually dilute the potency of marijuana if the two plants are grown in close proximity of one another. Nader pushes for legalization of hemp because it can be made into products such as automobile parts.(1:27)
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