Back to episode — Episode 2360 CWSA 01/21/24
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← Previous segment →urce of a story, what should your brain say to you to keep you on track? Your brain should say to you, I don't know if this is true, but smart people tell me that NBC News is really just an organ of the CIA. So any message that is in their news, you could imagine I can't confirm this to be true. It's merely an allegation that it's what the government wants you to know, or at least the CIA.
Do you think the government wants you to smoke less weed? Probably. Yeah, probably they do. So now NBC News says that the science, you know, there's more weed smoking than ever. It's at a high level. And they say that it might be linked to certain heart issues. Oh, well, that's pretty serious. It might be linked to certain heart issues. Do you know what else might be linked to certain heart issues? Everything. Everything.
Now, if you saw a story like this, a national story, you would say to yourself, my God, it appears that the studies show that weed is linked to heart disease. But when you read the article, do you think it'll say that? Or will it say the studies are ambiguous? They do not clearly show a link, but there might be a link. It's totally possible.
Do you know what data they will not show you? Here's the data that this article will not show you, nor will any other article on the harms of weed. Here's the only data that matters. What is the mortality and life expectancy rate of regular weed smokers versus those who have never touched it? It's the same. The only time it's ever been studied, it's the same. Actually, weed smokers might live longer a little bit, but not that much.
Now, don't you think that overall mortality would be the simplest thing to measure? You know what? Wouldn't it really jump out if the overall mortality was worse for weed smokers? Wouldn't you notice that? Well, I think you would. And some people argued, but Scott, don't you know that weed smokers have more schizophrenia? They have more like mental problems. To which I say, I don't know. Is that true? How would we know that? Isn't it more likely that people have mental problems are drawn to w
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eed to help them with their mental problems as they see it? Well, I don't know. But I do know that anytime you hear somebody say you should or should not do something because of its cost, you are not dealing with a smart person. Because everything has a cost. I've got a recommendation for you. Stop eating food. It just makes you fat. Stop eating food. It's taking your money. So if something's goi…
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