A group of district attorneys sent a letter to Alabama House members Wednesday, asking them to reject a medical marijuana bill ahead of an expected vote in the chamber.
The letter, signed by 23 of the state’s 42 district attorneys, calls marijuana a “gateway drug” and suggests that its use could increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, a link that most researchers have been hesitant to make.
“Marijuana is a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” the letter says. “Too many in the general public have been convinced that it is harmless. That is, perhaps, the biggest lie that is being perpetrated on the Alabama public today.”