Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota

Our public health position is that current science does not support the commercialization and normalization of recreational marijuana use.

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

@NewHopeMN Police Chief states "If you think this is a problem now, wait until cannabis products become commercially available in MN...example on why we should pause & take our time before passing laws in this state...black market suppliers don't go away when you legalize"

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

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[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

Marijuana is addictive, dangerous and hurts communities. Risks, dangers, myths laid out during a regional marijuana prevention event this week in central Minnesota. @learnaboutsam
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[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

@GovTimWalz it's time to reconsider your stance on legalizing commercial marijuana based on @Surgeon_General advisory on health risks of marijuana. Maybe that's a new promise you can make to your son Gus, that you'll be willing to protect developing brains of youth in our state

[ABC7 Eyewitness News @ABC7]

'This ain't your mother's marijuana': Surgeon general issues warning against pot use by adolescents, pregnant women https://t.co/Hyz406uXvt

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

Thanks for joining us tonight @KevinSabet! We won't stop either! #potvapingcrisis

[Kevin Sabet @KevinSabet]

Looking forward to @dealbook @nytimes event today discussing marijuana policy, then a fundraiser in the Midwest tonight, a speech in the AM. #cantstopwontstop #PotVapingCrisis

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana @learnaboutsam]

“We don’t even know what’s in a lot of this stuff. This is all a massive, giant science experiment.” https://t.co/IriUfr3OGb

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

Reasons why the black market continues to thrive in states that have legalized commercial marijuana.....

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[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

"Legalization of open adult use of cannabis will be an irreversible decision, so it should not be made lightly or with limited information on its potential impacts." @ehlinger MD & former state health commissioner under @GovMarkDayton
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Cannabis fans, foes agree to joint meetings https://t.co/yA2uxi2QG8

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

@MrCarterAllan Butane is used to extract THC from the MARIJUANA plant...cannabis is the problem when used with this extraction process. https://t.co/hC37EUPI2G

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

Remember this next time somebody tells you "weed never hurt anybody". https://t.co/aqPjKs3bK3

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

"Lab tests showed those cartridges contained numerous banned pesticides, including myclobutanil, a pesticide that the manufacturer said become poisonous hydrogen cyanide when it’s heated up, which is what happens when smoking or vaping the pot."

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana @learnaboutsam]

Think marijuana legalization ensures a safe product? Think again...
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[Smart Approaches to Marijuana @learnaboutsam]

“It’s time for us to wake up and realize that legalizing marijuana only reinforces the pillars of racial inequality in our country.” SAM Director of State Affairs Abu Edwards
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[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

@WillVJones states "we've seen how they have particularly targeted communities of color...that has negative health impacts, why would we want to repeat a mistake of the past [with marijuana]?" https://t.co/pWmr9bWD80

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

Why do you want the same thing to happen w/ marijuana? "Researchers @JohnsHopkinsSPH have shown that predominantly black low-income nghbrhds in Baltimore were 8x more likely to have carry-out liquor stores than white or racially integrated neighborhoods." https://t.co/IKaluUxyY2

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[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

Thank you @StribJO for the relevant article in the @StarTribune today! https://t.co/5L5JhzyBfY

[Smart Approaches to Marijuana Minnesota @learnaboutSAMMn]

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