White House press secretary Sean Spicer seemed to link recreational marijuana to the opioid addiction crisis happening in the country, but the facts don't support that connection. Spicer said that the president understood that patients suffering from certain diseases got comfort from drugs like medical marijuana. The report went on to say that while legal marijuana can be controversial, there are unintended benefits as well. Furthermore, a new Quinnipiac poll found that 93% of all Americans now approve of legalizing medical marijuana and 59% support making marijuana legal for other uses. Our country might be divided on some issues, but more and more it is looking like marijuana policy is not one of them."

Source: Forbes February 23, 2017 21:41 UTC