Jacob Sullum on Reefer Madness and the Michael Brown Shooting

Although Darren
Wilson reportedly had the impression that Michael Brown
was on drugs the day of their deadly encounter, he did not broach
the subject during his grand jury testimony. That task fell to the
prosecutors running the proceedings, who wanted the jurors to know
that high doses of THC can cause “paranoia,” “hallucinations,” and
“psychotic episodes.” Jacob Sullum argues that the marijuana angle
helped bolster Wilson’s self-defense claim, steering the grand jury
in the direction preferred by St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney
Robert McCulloch.

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