2016. And they argued that Marijuana Legalization would not only keep people out of jail for using small amounts of weed but it would also reduce crime by squeezing out the illegal drug market. Well, that didnt work out. Far from reducing illegal weed, those efforts, instead, allowed the black market to flourish after legalization with the help of organized Crime Operations that run massive, unlicensed farms and store front dispensaries in plain view bringing crime and terrorizing nearby residents. And those raided by police are often up and running again within weeks. Or even days. Now you know what killed the l. A. Times to publish these stories but the broken promises of legalization with the violence and illegal grows they are impossible to ignore. And what is happening in all the other states that legalized it . Well, in maine, where adult use of cannabis is legal and sales are regulated, the chinese have stepped in to undercut prices by starting their own illegal operations. Its so bad that now State Lawmakers in maines two senators are asking the feds for help. Now, of course, most of these politicians still arent against cannabis legalization. They just want to protect the legal market from being, again, under cut by the criminals. But, again, thats what they promised legalization would do. And, you walk around manhattan lately as i have. That horrid pot smell is everywhere. Little kids have to breathe it in. Like we are Walking Around in a big bit much burning manure mixed with skunk smell. No one i know likes it. When the Big Apple Wreaks of dirty diapers. If people arent going to take out the trash or the trash collections isnt happening . No, no, no. Its not the garbage in the street. Its the legalization that has destigmatized the use of marijuana. Even in front of children. The number one thing i smell right now is pot. Seems like everybody is smoking a joint now. [laughter] , you know. Everybody has a joint. Laura what an idiot. Yeah, its hilarious, mayor. Just like what actually happens to schoolaged kids when the thc infused gummies or snacks or vapes are everywhere post legalization. Doctors have been warning about this for years. The biggest problem that has happened in every state that has legalized marijuana, a big spike in Emergency Room visits because of people overdosing on the edibles. Some of which our kids because these look like gummy bears. Only gotten worse. Big money in them there pot fields. This year states like new hampshire, north carolina, ohio, and pennsylvania are all likely to vote to legalize marijuana. And, remember, california wants to experiment even more despite its own experience like this by just approved a bill to decriminalize socalled Magic Mushrooms and psychedelics they are all good for you. Keep them numb and dumb and hope that he collect more in tax revenue than you lose in human lives and revenue all the cannabis linked overdose deaths, car crashes, education loss, and the added expense of law enforcement. Now libertarians think that the problems with can business legalization didnt go far enough. Get all the other drugs out there too. They want all the drugs legalized even fentanyl. Maybe we should ask oregon about its oits own experience allowing hard drug use in public places. Portland went from 413 shooting incidents in 2019 before legalization to 1309 after word. No wonder portland city leaders are trying to reverse course there turn around the legalization of hard drug use in public. Overdoses are multiplying. So are a long list of social pathologies there the fact is its not just hard drugs. Talk to addicts. Almost every one of them started on weed. Despite the lies we are told how its never a gateway drug. Its true its not a gateway drug for everyone or maybe even most people. But it is for most of those sad souls that you see stairing into space, muttering themselves in the streets for all the liberals who love to talk about the science, the science on what regular thc use does to the developing brain its deficit stating from Psychology Today highly concentrated marijuana products are causing cannabis induced psychosis, paranoia and confusion. Increased marketing on social media may send a message to teens that cannabis is safe and harmless. Of course it does. Now, parents who have lost children to marijuana have had enough of the glorification of the drug and relentless lies told about its claimed benefits. He very quickly became addicted, five years later he died by suicide saying that the mob was after him. We dont have a mob that unc was an fbi base that everybody knew everything about him. He became completely delusional. Laura its Heart Breaking and infuriating and all too common. No matter how much money that State Governments get from cannabis sales, taxing them is a lot. Its not worth it. Its time for all 50 states to see the cruel lessons of drug legalization, especially for our kids. And thats the angle. Joining me now is heather back cass whose son tragically committed suicide after she says he suffered, yes a Marijuana Induced Psychosis and Frank Rodriguez former drug addict and former drug dealer. Heather if you can believe this bidens hhs, their priority now is to move to reclassify marijuana in a lower risk category, get it out of the, i think the schedule one of drug classification. But, after your experience, with your son, and everything we have learned about the science and young americans, should that happen . Absolutely not. Its hard to believe that they would take something that is much stronger than what it used to be, and that they would okay a substance that would and say its safer. It will give an idea that its a safe drug and it isnt. Its much more potent and it does cause a lot of issues with the developing brain, anxiety, depression, psychosis, Suicidal Ideation and unfortunately we are going to lose a lot of beautiful souls. Are. Laura its not that everyone who does marijuana as a young person is going to be psychotic. Thats not what anyone is saying before people start texting me and saying that. The published confirmed a significant percentage of young people who regularly use high thc marijuana products are much more susceptible to psychotic disorders, schizophrenia, Suicidal Ideation and obviously violent outburst. That is the science that we already know. And, yet, people act like this is all just fine and dandy. Now, frank, i know you were recently in philadelphia and saw what the tranq epidemic. We have seen what fentanyl does now this drug tranq that is everywhere. What can you tell us is so just like you said, its everywhere. Its literally littering the streets of philadelphia. I go to new york. I see the same thing. Guy baltimore. I see the same thing. Its everywhere. Its eating peoples skin. The xylazine is actually a horse trannizer. Eats peoples skin. Walk down the block and smell rotting flesh. Its 100 percent chemical warfare. Laura frank, tell us your own background. You were dealing drugs and you ultimately turned your life around. But, you were in that world. And it was all readily available both for purchase from a dealer Point Of View and then for sales on the street. Yeah. Absolutely. Like you said for so long, that was my world. I spent 17 years in prison. I went through a heroin addiction. And everything was, you know, and that was just when heroin was around. Not the fentanyl. Not the carfentanil, not the xylazine. Even the marijuana. The hard drugs, the opiates have graduated and evolved and so has the marijuana. The marijuana isnt the same, you know, joints that kids were smoking back in the day where you had to wake up maybe you get a headache or Something Like that. They are Finding Fentanyl in marijuana. There is little kids that are Smoking Marijuana and dying. This is a huge problem and its not just, you know, in the inner cities. Its everywhere in america now. Laura frank, i interviewed a number of fentanyl addicts and people who are in between addictions in san francisco. To the last person i interviewed, every Single Person started on marijuana. Was that how you started on marijuana or Something Else . No. Absolutely. Marijuana was the first drug that i ever tried. You know, being young, its a social thing. Its sort of being cool. The peer pressure. And everybody that i interview, i interview people, every Single Person that i have interviewed, addict wise, they all have that in common where they started with marijuana. And it doesnt say that were not saying that everybody who smokes marijuana is going to turn into a hard core drug addict. Thats the not it. Those of us predisposed to addiction, we smoke marijuana, were going to graduate into other things. Its just a matter of time. Laura and, heather, how did your son become addicted to marijuana . Again, a lot of parents watching this tonight, they dont think thats an addiction drug. Thats an occasional Recreational Use drug. But he became addicted and how did it lead to his death . Well, he started using it the age of 15 for acceptance. And he had older friends that were using it. And he liked it pretty instantly. And it wasnt like he started using it constantly. But, by the time he was 16, he had a marijuana use disorder. And we sought treatment for him when he was 17. It was just it had him hooked. He was adamant that it was good for you because the industry led him to believe that it was good for him, and he would tell me all the benefits, health benefits. At the time i didnt have the knowledge of the science and the studies that i have now today. And i so wish that he would have known how it effects the adolescent brain and the development. But, essentially, it changed the function of his brain, and he became anxious. He became depressed. When he wasnt using, he would get really really low. And, in fact, when he took his life, he had low levels of thc in his system. Weighs trying to quit. He wastrying to quit but he. Laura frank, the story, and were blessed to have these stories, as horrific as they are to tell, because you might say both of you might save a life tonight. And i know it maybe sounds dramatic but i dont care if it sounds dramatic. Its true. Frank, what can we do to reach out more to kids and parents about this trajectory and where this is going . Especially with more states, you know, legalizing even harder drug use . So i think the most important thing is we have to educate our children. We have to let them know that marijuana, although, you know, its put out there to be so harmless and this calming drug. Its not. Its a gateway. Its going to lead to other things. You know, when people, they will be having a bag of weed, and if they drop it on the floor, they are going to be searching on their hands and knees just like somebody who dropped some heroin or some cocaine. Its the same exact thing. We have to educate our children. We have to let them know whats going on. The danger is out there because the fact of the matter is, if we dont do it, somebody else will. So we have to educate them, the youth and anybody that will listen. We have to start in our own home and speak to our children because, if not, the sad reality is they might not wake up. They might you know, might not wake up with a hangover. They might be in a cemetery. Laura frank, heather, we are going to keep talking about this. A lot of people dont like to talk about it but im going to keep talking about it. And i thank both of you, frank, we are going to go out with you, i think at some point and see more of this ourselves and heather, thank you. The administrations favorite Fantasy Fiction claims that americans are actually benefiting from bidenomics. So we decided to go out and ask folks. Plus, Newt Gingrich reacts, next. I started noticing my memory was slipping. I saw a prevagen commercial and i did some research on it. I started taking prevagen about three years ago. I feel clearer in my thoughts, my memory has improved and generally just more on point. Prevagen. At stores everywhere without a prescription. So. 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And take advantage of our low Monthly Payment financing. Laura all right. This is a fox news alert. Late today a federal judge temporarily blocked the new mexico governors Emergency Ban on open and conceal carry in albuquerque. And its surrounding area. Now, we are going to discuss more in moments. But, first. Life in bidens america. Bidenomics just another way of saying restoring the american dream. Our economy and labor market remains strong. Not only has inflation come down, its now growing more slowly than the pay of low and middle wage workers, meaning their buying power has increased. Laura whoa, whoa, whoa. Their buying power has increased . And inflation is down . A little factcheck here. Inflation actually rose this month. The news just came out this morning. Its biggest monthly jump since january. Now, the white house can try to hit the spin cycle over and over again. Is any of this going to convince the voters . Inflation has been really high the last several years. A lot of the wages are not going up. People just cant afford the things that we used to enjoy every day. I guess im kind of insulated from a lot of stuff. But, i dont know, inflation is not great. But, i dont know, mixed bag. Prices have gone up but thats to to me normal. Do you have too many choices. Im actually about to pick up a vehicle right now. Got to find another source of income instead of your daily source, for sure. Have you noticed like utilities going up recently . Yes, i have. I have noticed the price of gasoline and fuel has gone up, too. Everything is definitely more expensive these days. Do you feel like you are better off today than you were two years ago . No. Whats hitting you the hardest . Groceries and gasoline. I take the train to work because of it. Laura joining me now, Newt Gingrich, former Speaker Of The House and fox news contributor. Newt, groceries, gas prices increasing again. They are the two things everyone seems to go back to, the two things that everyone needs. And here we are bidenomics is working, newt. Well, this may be one of the great strategic mistakes for reelection that anybody has made in modern times. Bidenomics is going to become an absurdity. The Average Everyday American knows that the price of gasoline is going up and, by the way, every indication is that the Biden Administration policies are going to make gasoline even more expensive. So, gasoline is a major factor in the Consumer Price index as as it keeps going up you will see the inflation going up. At the same time, everybody who goes grocery shopping. Calista and i saw this over the weekend. You are startled by some of the prices. You know that joe biden, he has a great chech they white house. He gets to Fly Air Force one. Go to wilmington and be surrounded by people. I dont think they have a clue how bad inflation is, high prices are for the average american. And, bidenomics may be one of the reasons that one of the most important deep state columnist, David Ignatius wrote a column this morning saying biden should drop out. I think its begin to sinks in to democrats biden getting reelected is going to be very, very hard. Newt, i think whats been amazing about this from the very beginning in this administration is that they think that every problem is just a pr problem. We have to communicate it better. People people dont see it the way we are saying it. But, in reality, its a substance problem. I mean, they are shutting off oil supplies. Exploration. Cordoning off land that cant be drilled. And so now, well, it turns out our utilities are going to be sky high this winter. New report just came out about that. And all the other things were seeing. So, its not a p. R. Or messaging problem. This is a policy problem. And it has been across the board. If you are a hard line left winger. You believe in a world thats a fantasy. Now, if you really believe in that world, you cant face any facts because the facts would destroy your belief system. So, you make things up. And you get used to lying to each other. And that makes you out of touch with reality. I thought the other day when the secretary of energy couldnt actually take the drive in the electric vehicle because, for example, i think there are only 37 Charging Stations in all of west virginia. And here she is out on a p. R. Stunt and it turns out they staffed it so stupidly, they didnt realize she couldnt possibly do what they were promising. This kind of stuff goes on every day in this administration. Laura newt, really quickly on that new mexico conceal carry open carry ban put in place by the new mexico governor because of a Quote Gun Violence Emergency it