William Bennett and Robert White join Power Line to discuss their new book, Going to Pot: Why the Rush to Legalize Marijuana is Harming America. BUnknownennett and White trace how marijuana has gone from the days of Reefer Madness to being legalized in four states, with more expected to follow. Their research-driven book has some disturbing information about how marijuana leads to abnormal brain development and they argue more Americans should be hesitant to jump on the legalization bandwagon. For more information about the book, visit their website.

Then the Power Line team looks at some of the events of the week, including President Obama’s summit on countering violence extremism. By failing to call ISIS an Islamic group, is the United States underestimating the threat the group poses?

 

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  1. Larry3435
    Larry3435
    @Larry3435

    I’m sorry, but I can’t pass on this one.  America faces more existential threats than I can count, and nowhere on the list is Sean Penn getting stoned; or anyone else getting stoned for that matter.  I smoked the stuff twice in the 70’s.  I haven’t smoked it since, for one simple reason:  Scotch exists.  But Bill Bennett needs to find a time machine and travel forward to 1971.  After he gets past the terrifying threat of witchcraft, of course.

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  2. user_409996
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    Larry3435:I’m sorry, but I can’t pass on this one. America faces more existential threats than I can count, and nowhere on the list is Sean Penn getting stoned; or anyone else getting stoned for that matter. I smoked the stuff twice in the 70′s. I haven’t smoked it since, for one simple reason: Scotch exists. But Bill Bennett needs to find a time machine and travel forward to 1971. After he gets past the terrifying threat of witchcraft, of course.

    I do take your point Larry.

    But what if Sean Penn and his old friend Keanu Reeves get stoned, climb in the old phone booth and, say, go back to 1787 and mess around with writing of the Constitution.

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  3. Nick Stuart
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    @NickStuart

    Mr. Bennett wants to enjoy his vices, he doesn’t want you to enjoy yours.

    Let him drop 100 lbs or so, give up alcohol and gambling, then get back to us with his thoughts on marijuana.

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  4. user_409996
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    When I was in my freshman year at college, there were two guys in the room next to me who hit the bong a lot.  It wasn’t so much the smoking weed that was the problem, but the way they were relaxed about other things that they maybe should have taken more seriously.  Maybe the pot smoking was a symptom rather than a cause.  But I have met people who drank who seemed to know what to take seriously more than the pot smokers.

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  5. user_138562
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    @RandyWeivoda

    Boy, I love the subtitle of that book.  The rush to legalize marijuana?  Marijuana has been around for a long time and people have been debating whether it should be legal or not for my whole life.  How much longer should the voters wait before giving people a little bit of freedom back?

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