Why Marijuana Advocates Are Criticizing Chelsea Clinton

SEPTEMBER 27TH 2016 | Kyle Jaeger

Chelsea Clinton made a pretty bold assertion about the health risks of marijuana during a campaign event in Ohio on Saturday. The daughter of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton implied that multiple deaths in Colorado, where the substance is legal for medical and recreational purposes, could be attributed to pot.

After she acknowledged that, “anecdotally,” evidence supports the use of cannabis for treating certain medical conditions, Clinton said that “we also have anecdotal evidence now from Colorado where some of the people who were taking marijuana for [medical] purposes — the coroner believes, after they died, there was drug interactions with other things they were taking.”

Why Marijuana Advocates Are Criticizing Chelsea Clinton