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Here we'll plead you down. pot is so much worse than alcohol. >> it's not, though. it's not. >> as i was saying before you keep interrupting me -- >> sanjay gupta who is a nonpartisan brilliant doctor with a brilliant documentary, scientifically proving there is absolutely no evidence that cannibis is any worse than alcohol. >> it depends what you mean by -- i'm trying to answer but as soon as i answer you're going to interrupt me and say no it's not. >> then explain why. >> i keep trying to and you keep interrupting me. i'm going to explain now. so don't interrupt. look, the sole purpose for ...

Welcome back to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. in national news, outrage in the mountaineer state, only about half of the 300,000 people affected by a chemical spill in west virginia have gotten the okay to use their tap water again for the others. same deal as the last six days. no drinking it, no bayhing in it. last week an estimated 7,500 gallons of the chemical used in coal production leaked into the water supply from a company with a name ripped from a tom wolf or chris buckley novel -- freedom industries. the leak was first discovered by residents who noticed an odd licorice-like smell whi...

Frustrating and we're hopeful there might be some light at the end of the tunnel. i know that there is testing that is continuously going on to check that water and the chemical in the water. >> well, of course, it means no showering, no cooking. obviously, no drinking it. so how are people really holding up? >> well, west virginians are very resourceful and we're very hospitable, not only to guests who might come in but to each other, as well. when the worst hits west virginia, the best in west virginians come out. that's what you see. i have been on the water lines for a couple of days. whet...

Even though it's a small study, they looked at about 18 adults and saw there was an increase in heart rate by about 15%. what's the reason behind this? we know you have the caffeine, you have torene. it's a form of amino acid which is really not supposed to hurt you but the question is whether it's the combo of torene and caffeine that can increase the heart rate. if you drink this short term, it may not really affect you. but long-term effect of having your heart beat at a very high rate can affect the muscle in the heart and i'm not if favor of this. >> there's a third element to it. you hav...

I am going to say if you are drinking beer, there's benefits you may not know about. silicon being inconumber one. it's good for bones and bone growth. that's been shown. also beer has been shown to decrease blood pressure, decrease the risk of heart disease, possibly decrease your risk of diabetes, improving circulation. so i think that -- i think that there are benefits to beer. also, when they match up beer and wine, eric, they have not shown that beer has more calories. we always talk about the beer belly, and i think it's a real thing, but glass for glass, beer and wine are fairly similar...