U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams
In addition to earlier providing information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the National Institutes of Health (marked in a red asterisk) *, I also provided a quote from U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams.
Below is a more detailed account of his statements.
“No amount of marijuana use during pregnancy, or adolescence, is safe.”
“This (warning) is being driven by the science, and the most important thing I want people to know, is that marijuana potency has increased three-fold over the past several decades, and that’s just the plant.”
“It’s a fundamentally different product that increases the dangers and the risks to young people and pregnant women.”
“What we are talking here now is science and data.”
“Youth in those states (that have legalized recreational marijuana) think it’s more safe, when the reality is that’s it’s less safe, and that can cause cognition problems, learning attention and memory. We’re seeing emergency department admissions for psychosis and poisonings go up for adolescents.”
“Here’s one of the scariest things that people don’t know. As the THC content goes up, the danger of addiction goes up. 1 out of 5 adolescents who use marijuana will become addicted to the substance. We know that if you use one substance, you’re likely to use other substances.”
“My own brother is in prison due to crimes he committed to support his addiction. His first drug was marijuana.”
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Dr. Adams has also released the following statement
“I, Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adams, am emphasizing the importance of protecting our Nation from the health risks of marijuana use in adolescence and during pregnancy. Recent increases in access to marijuana and in its potency, along with misperceptions of safety of marijuana endanger our most precious resource, our nation’s youth.”
Below is a more detailed account of his statements.
- “U.S. Surgeon General sounds the alarm for pregnant women and adolescents”
“No amount of marijuana use during pregnancy, or adolescence, is safe.”
“This (warning) is being driven by the science, and the most important thing I want people to know, is that marijuana potency has increased three-fold over the past several decades, and that’s just the plant.”
“It’s a fundamentally different product that increases the dangers and the risks to young people and pregnant women.”
“What we are talking here now is science and data.”
“Youth in those states (that have legalized recreational marijuana) think it’s more safe, when the reality is that’s it’s less safe, and that can cause cognition problems, learning attention and memory. We’re seeing emergency department admissions for psychosis and poisonings go up for adolescents.”
“Here’s one of the scariest things that people don’t know. As the THC content goes up, the danger of addiction goes up. 1 out of 5 adolescents who use marijuana will become addicted to the substance. We know that if you use one substance, you’re likely to use other substances.”
“My own brother is in prison due to crimes he committed to support his addiction. His first drug was marijuana.”
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Dr. Adams has also released the following statement
- U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory: Marijuana Use and the Developing Brain - https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/addiction-and-substance-misuse/advisory-on-marijuana-use-and-developing-brain/index.html
“I, Surgeon General VADM Jerome Adams, am emphasizing the importance of protecting our Nation from the health risks of marijuana use in adolescence and during pregnancy. Recent increases in access to marijuana and in its potency, along with misperceptions of safety of marijuana endanger our most precious resource, our nation’s youth.”
ADDENDUM
"No Such Thing As Medical Marijuana"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YeVs7aTh9vw
"Don't Use Marijuana Before Age 25"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gETQBUwUBwQ&t=138s
"Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Marijuana's Effect on Youth, Pregnant Women"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EBcDiZSMum8&t=29s
"US Surgeon General Advisory on Marijuana"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WMDIbf5TWrs
"Surgeon General Issues New Warning on Marijuana, Vaping"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Z4Ll8HxpQ
"U.S. Surgeon General Sounds the Alarm for Pregnant Women and Adolescents on Marijuana
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sxl7S9c0Vfg
"No Such Thing As Medical Marijuana"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YeVs7aTh9vw
"Don't Use Marijuana Before Age 25"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gETQBUwUBwQ&t=138s
"Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Marijuana's Effect on Youth, Pregnant Women"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EBcDiZSMum8&t=29s
"US Surgeon General Advisory on Marijuana"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WMDIbf5TWrs
"Surgeon General Issues New Warning on Marijuana, Vaping"
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Z4Ll8HxpQ
"U.S. Surgeon General Sounds the Alarm for Pregnant Women and Adolescents on Marijuana
- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sxl7S9c0Vfg