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>> welcome back to our welcome back to our special edition of "hannity, stoned america." a new report was just released about the effects of smoking pot. researchers out northwestern university discovered that young adults who use marijuana just once or twice a week have significant brain abnormalities and when our team of producers were in denver this weekend, well, they asked the stoners what they thought about the study. here is what they said. >> 4/20! >> im not a scientist, i didnt read t...

True. thats not true about him. not true. no, you said today -- >> i didnt say today. >> thats very -- >> people -- >> making candy now, they get candy made out of marijuana. candy -- >> we got to take a break. hang on. well come back. when we come back, more on the startling report linking casual marijuana use to brain abnormalities, thats up next. >> the newcomers that come to try pot for the first time, sell them smaller milligrams in the pot. >> all right. so the pot heads in denver are not ...

Theres issue where it can cause paranoia, can cause problems making decisions. a lot of effects on the brain. but there are also issues with the heart involved. that is what this study is today. the third one out of france on this exact issue. why would marijuana affect the heart? it wouldnt seem likely. it affects the autonomic nervous system which affects your blood pressure. it can swing up and down; @&c @ when you use pot. if you have underlying heart conditions, you may not know it and you...

But harry reid is now saying something is going to happen. >> i happen to be a newspaper reporter at waco when that mess happened there. you see how thee things can go wrong in a hurry. in terms of this issue of domestic terrorism. >> how can you be a terrorist in a situation where no one has been hurt? this guy is basically a jaywalker. >> how do you get to a million dollars in grazing fees? this all started supposedly over the desert ttoise. >> a startling new study tonight links marijuana smo...

>> welcome back to be hannity, startling new report that was just released that should everyone thi welcome back to "hannity." a startling new report was just released. researchers at northwestern university have discovered those who use marijuana once or twice a week have brain abnormalities. lets take a look. >> im not a scientist. i dont know and i didnt read the study. i think it is possible. anything you put in your body thats foreign like that can be a problem. its america. people are go...

Republicans and republican-leaning independents under 45 say marijuana should be legalized. and even one with a long-conservative tradition embracing marijuana legalization. william f. buckley, the man known as the father of modern american conservatism, wrote a column after column writing that drug prohibition causes more problems than it prevents, but still today, it is left to fox news to stand afort history yelling, stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so. yesterday the journal of n...

William f. buckley, the man known as the father of modern american conservatism, wrote a column after column writing that drug prohibition causes more problems than it prevents, but still today, it is left to fox news to stand afort history yelling, stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so. yesterday the journal of neuroscience published a column that linked drug use to brain abnormalities. it was big news on fox last night, and i will admit, i believe it was skeptical because of their d...

Welcome back. time for news by the numbers. first up, 43%. thats the drop in deportation cases we prosecuted over the past five years. one reason? the obama administration is bringing fewer to court. next, 12 years. thats how much the former city manager of bell, california will serve in prison for paying himself $1.5 million a year. he nearly bankrupted the city in the process. finally, $100 million. thats how much money union leaders in detroit want from the feds to make up for the citys retir...

Your thoughts. >> the president sympathetic to marijuana use and same forreric holder are not holding a controversial position among many american. the move towards permissiveness on the use of this stuff is pretty strong. >> we have a poll which well put up on the board. keep going. >> put it up at any time. i would say thats the direction where things are going on this issue. and this study is striking in the sense that it says that, you know, even casual use of marijuana causes brain abnormal...

70s. that has much lower concentrations of thc or the active opponent of marijuana today. jenna: real quick, this always comes up talking about marijuana and comparisons. potentially the brain abnormalities, we dont know long-lasting warehouse weeping they are, how does that compare to someone who is a casual drinker of alcohol, is there a way to compare the two? >> we look at a public standpoint, number of deaths, accidents and problems in society. alcohol, smoking, driving, all of these substa...