In an op-ed, The New York Times Editorial Board walked back some of its previous stances on marijuana legalization, reports Fox News. In fact, the editorial board said that "it is time for America to admit that it has a marijuana problem."
Jeff Hunt is a Colorado radio host and former chairman of the Western Conservative Summit. Hunt told Washington Watch that people in Colorado saw this coming years ago and tried to warn others, but they would not listen.
"There's very few people in Colorado that look at the decision to commercialize marijuana and believe it was a good decision now, 14 years after we did it," says Hunt. "This has destroyed our state in so many ways, from marijuana related traffic fatalities to youth using marijuana to babies being born with marijuana in their systems."
Hunt added that everywhere one goes now in Denver smells like marijuana.
"It has destroyed Colorado. It was part of really the turning point that took Colorado into a very progressive godless direction, and a lot of people point back to that decision to commercialize marijuana," says Hunt.
He mentions how The New York Times was promoting the idea that marijuana was harmless for years.
“If we just commercialize it, we can tax it. It's not that bad. Reality has hit them in the face what this drug actually does to people," states Hunt.
In past interviews, Luke Niforatos of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) told AFN that "today's marijuana is not the same pot that previous generations might have used."
Hunt made similar remarks on Washington Watch, adding that it's resulted in more health concerns.
"We're seeing an increase in psychosis and schizophrenia, and then there's this weird sickness where people vomit a lot from smoking marijuana, and that's impacting hospitals," says Hunt.
He says that it’s finally hit The New York Times as they head in the right direction of wanting more regulations.
“THC, the drug in marijuana that gets you high, has no restrictions on it, and these marijuana companies have got it so pure and so potent that it's almost like a crack cocaine version of marijuana,” says Hunt. “They're selling that in stores in places like Colorado, and it's having a devastating impact."
