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Dr. Samuel Ball: Today’s Marijuana Is Twice as Addictive as Your Parent’s Weed

According to Ball, one in 10 who’ve used marijuana in the past 30 days will develop dependency.

Yep, it ain’t all rainbows when it comes to reefer. There’s that little thing called addiction. And whether it’s mental or physical, addiction is very much a reality in the legalization movement. Dr. Samuel Ball, the CEO of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, sat down with Tech Insider to discuss the realities of today’s manufactured marijuana and its dangerous potency. Aside from the addictive mental properties in the plant, there’s also the damage it does to the lungs when smoked, which scientists still don’t know much about. Something to think about.


Here’s another viewpoint in favor of normalizing marijuana and making prescription drugs taboo.