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The link between pot and mass shootings may be closer than we think 08/15/2019	Just last year, the Parents Opposed to Pot lobby group tried to sound the alarm on the link between marijuana and mass shootings, compiling a list of mass killers it claims were heavy users of marijuana from a young age, from Aurora, Colo., shooter James Holmes and Tucson, Ariz., shooter Jared Loughner to Chattanooga, Tenn., shooter Mohammad Abdulazeez. You can’t address the youth mental health crisis without considering the effect of rising teen marijuana use. Among American teenagers, the drug’s “daily use has become as, or more, popular than daily cigarette smoking” according to the National Institute of Health’s 2017 Monitoring the Future study. Another BMJ study estimated that “13 percent of cases of schizophrenia could be averted if all cannabis use were prevented.” That’s more than 400,000 Americans who could be saved from a fate worse than death. guns, mental health, violence
MARIJUANA IS THE COMMON WEB BETWEEN SO MANY MASS KILLERS 08/15/2019	guns, violence, mass killings
Autopsy confirms Sutherland Springs church gunman died by suicide 08/15/2019	Toxicologist Peter Stout, CEO and president of the Houston Forensic Science Center, said the toxicology report showed low levels of anti-anxiety drugs and marijuana in Kelley's system. guns, mass killings, violence
DEA Releases New Drug Overdose Death Figures: Guns Safer than Prescription Drugs 11/15/2015	guns
Mental Illness alcohol, drugs and gun violence 07/07/2015	These findings have profound implications for crafting policy to avert future tragedies. In the wake of mass shootings, politicians from both sides of the aisle often call for including better mental health records in background checks. Though a worthwhile sentiment, the evidence suggests that these efforts would be better spent focusing on alcohol abuse instead. guns, alcohol