2. And we're live, ladies and gentlemen or gentlemen you too

ladies and gentlemen listening but you too unless you have some non-binary handle

that you enjoy it's a new world

uh... please Please introduce yourself.

Sure. So I'm Dr. Mike Hart, originally from St. John's Newfoundland.

Now I'm residing in London, Ontario and I'm a family doctor and I've been

practicing cannabis medicine for just over five years.

And you's her? My name is Alex Berenson. I used to be a New York Times reporter.

Then I became a spy novelist and most recently I wrote the book Tell Your Children the truth about

marijuana mental illness and violence which came out last month and has not

endeared me to the cannabis advocacy community I'd say. Have they attacked you mercilessly for this book?

Yes, they have.

And that's okay.

I've also heard from a lot of parents, you know some users but parents who've told me that the book really encapsulates their their family's problems in the last couple of years.

I suspect my real thoughts here before we even get started is that we're going to find

that the truth is somewhere in the middle here. I don't think marijuana is 100% safe safe honestly for everybody I really don't I know too many

people that have had experiences where they took too much particularly edibles

and I don't I want to say They took too much, particularly edibles.

And I don't, I want to say I know anybody who had psychotic breaks, but I know some people that

freaked out for weeks.

You know, in fact, we just had a comedian here from Brazil a couple days ago

Rafi Bostos who said he took a couple of hits of a vape pen he was high for 14

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