Ben Carson in Mother Jones magazine

On Drugs: Exposure to marijuana results in decreased IQ

Carson has said he's a fan of the war on drugs, and he told "The Blaze" he would "intensify it." He also supports medical marijuana "in compassionate cases." At a June campaign event in Colorado, he noted that "regular exposure to marijuana in the developing brain has been proven to result in a decreased IQ. The last thing we need is a bunch of people running around with decreased IQ." Therefore, he says, he'd enforce federal drug laws in which the use of marijuana is considered a crime. Source: Mother Jones 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Oct 28, 2015

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