~ Via Financial Post:
“…While soda may be eclipsed, the industry that’s hearing alarm bells is alcohol. Binge drinking rates declined in states with legal weed compared with states that allow only medical marijuana and those prohibiting any kind of pot.”
Roughly 21 to 29 percent of patients prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them.
Between 8 and 12 percent develop an opioid use disorder.
An estimated 4 to 6 percent who misuse prescription opioids will transition to heroin.
(so basically the current medical industry is turning out heroin attics)
They say that marijuana is a gateway drug...but what they do not say is how marijuana distracts people from going into other gateways.