CNN Video: Cheryl Shuman VS Rehab Profiteer

In a CNN video from Piers Morgan Live, Morgan Spurlock (filling in for Piers Morgan) talked to Cheryl Shuman, Aimee Shuman, and Howard Samuels about marijuana. Cheryl and Aimee Shuman are familiar to most of us Weedists as popular reform advocates and heads of the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club. Howard Samuels is a recovering drug addict that, guess what, owns a drug rehabilitation center, the Hills.

Highlights from the video, CNN Piers Morgan Live Marijuana Mom VS Addiction Expert:

• Cheryl Shuman explains how she came to be a medical cannabis advocate [1:10 mark]
• “The truth is the modern-day cannabis consumer are people like you and me; they’re doctors, they’re lawyers, they’re attorneys, producers, actors. They’re everywhere and we’re inspiring and empowering people to come out of the closet and be open about the fact that cannabis works for them” [1:45 mark]
• Cheryl explains how marijuana has made her a better mother by removing the need for pharmaceuticals [2:10 mark]
• Howard gets a chance to spew out the good ol’ reefer madness we’ve all been fed our whole lives [3:25 mark]
• Howard claims that he knows more because he’s a recovering addict that now specializes in ‘treating’ addiction. “These people, their specialty is PR.” [4:30 mark]
• Cheryl explains the simple and true fact that people with addictive personalities can get addicted to anything, including chocolate. [5:35 mark]
• Howard defends the ‘gateway drug’ theory about cannabis, and blames the Shumans for the fact that some 14-year-olds smoke weed. [7:20 mark]
• Morgan asks Howard how today’s marijuana is different than the marijuana they grew up with, and Howard moronically talks about all the chemicals people put in weed these days (totally false) and equates marijuana to cigarettes (which do have poisons deliberately added to them) [7:48 mark]
• Cheryl explains the benefits of dispensaries, specifically Harborside Health Center [9:10 mark]
• Howard calls California medical cannabis a sham, after agreeing that it’s good for cancer and pain. [10:00 mark]