High Stakes with Dr. Kevin Sabet
Marijuana advocates often dismiss concerns about today’s high-potency cannabis with a simple phrase: “It’s just a plant.”
Dr. Daniel Amen says that’s one of the most misleading arguments in today’s marijuana debate.
On the latest episode of High Stakes with Dr. Kevin Sabet, the renowned psychiatrist and founder of Amen Clinics explains why “natural” doesn’t automatically mean safe—and why today’s marijuana should be judged by the evidence, not by marketing.
We have more mental health problems now than, I think, ever before. At least since I’ve been alive—and why is that? I think it’s this money-driven, evil messaging where we just basically lie and say, ‘This is a plant.’ Well, opiates come from a plant. We don’t think that’s a good thing because it came from a plant. Cyanide is natural. Arsenic is natural.
In the conversation, Dr. Amen discusses marijuana’s impact on brain health, mental illness, motivation, and why decades of studying brain scans have made him increasingly concerned about the normalization of today’s cannabis products.
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For the full conversation between Dr. Amen and Dr. Kevin Sabet—including their discussion on ADHD, psychosis, and the developing brain—watch the complete episode of High Stakes below.
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