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Marijuana Is Not Health Food

Don't read this if you're stoned

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Ben Westhoff
Jan 26, 2021
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Many drugs start out as medicine, before going recreational. Fentanyl was one example, as was Valium and dozens of others.

Marijuana was the opposite.

After public officials told us for years how bad it was for us, in the late 20th century it was re-branded as not only safe, but medically beneficial. This PR campaign was organized by numerous loosely-aff…

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