44. Does Weed Cause Violence? A Debate with Alex Berenson

This week Alex and Donnell speak with Alex Berenson about his controversial book, Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence. Donnell and Alex (Halperin) push back on Alex Berenson's premise that marijuana use is linked to mental illness and an epidemic of violence. Tell Your Children: The Truth About Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence: https://www.amazon.com/Tell-Your-Children-Marijuana-Violence/dp/1982103663Responses to Tell Your Children: Alex Halperin's Response in the Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/jan/28/how-dangerous-is-marijuana-for-young-mens-mental-healthA Conversation with Ziva Cooper - https://cannabiswire.com/2019/02/01/a-conversation-with-ziva-cooper/What Alex Berenson’s new book gets wrong about marijuana, psychosis, and violence - https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/14/18175446/alex-berenson-tell-your-children-marijuana-psychosis-violenceDid Marijuana Legalization Really Increase Homicide Rates? - https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/no-pot-legalization-probably-didnt-increase-homicide-rates.htmlDoes Legalizing Marijuana Cause 'Sharp Increases in Murders and Aggravated Assaults'? - https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/09/does-legalizing-marijuana-cause-sharp-inSign up for the WeedWeek newsletter, WeedWeek Canada, and WeedWeek California to get weekly info on the most interesting industry delivered to your inbox. www.weedweek.net/newsletterEach week our writers bring you original reporting and analysis on the latest in the industry at https://www.weedweek.net/storiesLeave us a voicemail with any questions or comments on what you heard in today’s episode or something that you want to hear from us in future episodes by calling 424-258-0430. Please let us know in the message if we can play your voicemail on the podcast.Email us your comments, questions or suggestions at [email protected] to this podcast in iTunes so that you never miss an episode!https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/weedweek/id1332937362?mt=2Follow us on Twitter and Instagram:twitter.com/weedweeknewstwitter.com/alexhalperintwitter.com/donnyshellinstagram.com/weedweeknews/