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Communities, especially where i went to college in pueblo, colorado, it hasn't been all sunshine and daisies when they moved forward on legalization. >> greg: it would be if you smoked. >> dana: might be. i asked lawrence in the break and he asked me not to ask him but i'm going to ask him. a little bit of counter programming is good. i understand the whole thing about 70 years of one way. they are also finding some really great benefits. but if you look at what taxpayers are having to pay for increased hospital stays. >> greg: we do that with alcohol. >> dana: right. should we add another one...

Assisted treatments, not marijuana. >> the commission was reacting to a number of questions about whether you could substitute marijuana for opioids and obviously people would be stoned but they wouldn't be dead. >> zero fatalities. it's a point that has come up over and over again. no one has ever reportedly died from a marijuana overdose. would you say that cannabis is safer than opioids? is that a fair statement to make? >> in terms of overdoses, absolutely. >> if physical pain could be treated in this way, in a way that's less risky, we're in the midst of this opioid epidemic. isn't that w...

From a marijuana overdose. would you say that cannabis is saver than opioids? is that a fair statement to make? >> in terms of overdoses, absolutely. >> if physical pain is treated in this way, and in a way less risky, when the midst of this opioid epidemic, isn't that worth considering? >> no. it's -- it seems eminently sensible to if you're looking at the lesser of two evils but by that logic, you know, we would be accepting a lot of stuff in this country and in my view if we really want to get medicines to people then we go about it in the way that we have always gone about it, sanjay. and ...

Better mental health and addiction for this country. >> kennedy has been very public about his own addiction and recovery. >> i was on suboxone for a number of years. it definitely stabilized me. when someone is out there in the throes of opioid addiction, it is 100% sure that if you give them opioid replacement therapy, you get them stabilized. >> for kennedy and the rest of the opioid commission, the best way to save lives is expanded access to m.a.t. medication assisted treatments. not marijuana. >> the commission was reacting to a number of questions about whether you could substitute mari...

>> she's absolutely doped up right now. watch her trying to walk or do anything. >> this is difficult to watch, but it does raise this important point. the traditional drugs used to treat epilepsy can be more dangerous than cannabis. vivian's doctor, epilepsy expert warren davinski. >> i think one of the reasons marijuana is probably safe is it's related to the cannabidiol receptors. if you have too much stimulation or inhibition of them, they don't shut off breathing or respiration. >> and that's key. the current potent epilepsy drugs impact many parts of the brain, including the brain stem. ...