Self-professed marijuana expert Nancy Grace got into a bizarre debate about marijuana legalization with noted rapper 2 Chainz Tuesday night.
Pressing 2 Chainz to defend his support for the legalization of marijuana, Grace’s entire argument pivoted on the idea that the legalization of pot would give “irresponsible child abusers” access to the drug. She pounded that claim, forcing 2Chainz to watch several video clips of children whose parents forced them to get high.
2 Chainz responded after viewing one of the clips that “Anybody that loves their kid definitely knows not to put them in harm’s way, and that’s what she did. I don’t agree with that at all,” adding that “everybody has the ability to get their hands on pot right now whether it’s legal or not.
“I just feel like if you legalize this particular drug, it could cut out certain things in the criminal justice system as far as the overcrowding of prisons, as far as putting this on our criminal records to prevent us from getting loans, from getting homes.”
The Daily Beast spoke to Erik Altieri, communications director for NORML – the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, who stated:
It is unfortunate that Nancy Grace is content to continue her groundless fear-mongering campaign against the responsible regulation of marijuana. With her outrageous claims that marijuana legalization in Colorado would set off a statewide crime wave proven false by the fact crime was down across the board in the state in 2014, it seems she is willing to keep tilting at windmills for the sake of ratings rather than simply admit she was wrong. One has to wonder, when it comes to Nancy Grace and her outlandish remarks, is reefer madness to blame?
You can watch the exchange, below:
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