Opinion | How legalizing marijuana can save lives — including those lost to vaping

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Opinion | How legalizing marijuana can save lives — including those lost to vaping
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Opinion | Vin Gupta: Marijuana legalization can help end vaping deaths by allowing the FDA to do its job. - NBCNewsTHINK

miss the point entirely, conceiving of marijuana primarily as a criminal justice issue when it is foremost a public health and safety one. With decriminalization, individual users aren’t charged with a crime for possession, but distribution can still be punished. In the 38 states where it remains illegal to sell it, criminal black markets continue to thrive.

For those who think legalization is a pathway to more traffic accidents and increased teen usage rates, early findings from first adopters of legalization otherwise, making clear the health benefits from legalization outweigh the downsides. The impact of federal inaction, meanwhile, has had discouraging effects, given how market forces are shaping the future of marijuana use.

The lack of regulatory oversight has been a key ingredient in creating a thriving black market of cannabis products, many of which are sold as vaping cartridges. Consider that vaping marijuana now accounts for nearly

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