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Two friends get together to celebrate one's birthday. They're hanging out, laughing, talking, and decide to smoke a little weed.

Within hours, one is tragically dead. The other has a gunshot wound to the stomach.

Now, how is that even possible?

Were they ambushed? Did somebody come in?

Was this a terrible home invasion?

I mean, what happened?

It's a shocking, disturbing, and senseless situation.

But today's real story? Today's weed is way more

dangerous than you think, and that's what we're talking about. We're talking about marijuana,

and you can be thinking, oh, Dr. Phil, don't be so stodgy. Don't be so old-fashioned.

Call me old-fashioned.

We're talking about weed here.

We're not talking about heroin or opioids or fentanyl.

We're talking about weed.

But stay with me.

Don't dial out here because you just might learn something you don't know.

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