Keebler Elf SOLVES opioid epidemic with the safe, sane solution...just say no.

[Miles Archer]

While speaking before federal, state and local law enforcement Wednesday, the former Alabama senator addressed the surge of illegal drugs flooding the country and said the only way to end the opioid and heroin crisis was through tactical criminal enforcement, better treatment options and stronger prevention efforts, not by offering addicts something that’s “only slightly less awful,” like legal marijuana.

“I realize this may be an unfashionable belief in a time of growing tolerance of drug use. But too many lives are at stake to worry about being fashionable. I reject the idea that America will be a better place if marijuana is sold in every corner store. And I am astonished to hear people suggest that we can solve our heroin crisis by legalizing marijuana—so people can trade one life-wrecking dependency for another that’s only slightly less awful,” Sessions said. “Our nation needs to say clearly once again that using drugs will destroy your life.”

Research has linked medical marijuana to a reduction in overdose-related deaths. A 2014 report in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine found states that offered legal medical marijuana programs had a 24.8 percent lower opioid overdose mortality rate compared to states that had not legalized some form of cannabis.

The study also suggested the declining number of overdose deaths could be due to more people choosing to use medical marijuana instead of opioids as a form of treatment for chronic pain and illness.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/capitol-hill-republicans-not-on-board-with-trump-budget/2017/03/16/9952d63e-0a6b-11e7-b77c-0047d15a24e0_story.html

[Amaryllis]

1. WHo is old enough to remember the film "Reefer Madness"? He is.

[procon]

11. Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.

75 year old scare tactics might have worked back in the day, but now we have facts that debunk the lies.

[Wounded Bear]

2. So now he's channeling Nancy Reagan...

"Just say no" is the drug epidemic's version of abstinence only sex ed.

[bathroommonkey76]

3. "Come on take a hit."

[monmouth4]

10. You just beat me to it, first thing to come to my mind was Nancy Reagan..LOL..n/t

[DefenseLawyer]

4. Somebody has to protect white women from jazz musicians

And Pullman porters.

[shenmue]

9. Haaaaaaaaaaa

[Blue_true]

5. Well, that is going to work well.

A statement like that shows that Sessions don't understand the root of the problem.

[world wide wally]

6. WTF?

Is there some kind of award fior the stupidest cabinet member?
Is this an actual competition?

[Demonaut]

7. should be birth control, no problem saying NO!

[phylny]

8. I'm surprised he didn't suggest just cracking open a beer or two. n/t