Kellyanne Conway Smoked For 'Gaslighting' Everyone With Brazen Marijuana Lie

[Eugene]

Source: Huff Post

Kellyanne Conway Smoked For 'Gaslighting' Everyone With Brazen Marijuana Lie

The former Trump adviser attacked John Fetterman for flying a marijuana flag.

By Josephine Harvey
Sep 27, 2022, 04:45 AM EDT

Updated 24 minutes ago

Former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway is pushing alternative facts again.

During an appearance on Fox News on Monday, the notoriously dishonest Donald Trump ally attacked Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman for his outspoken support of cannabis legalization.

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“He put the marijuana flag up. He thought that was funny. He’s trolling his opponent,” Conway added. “Here’s what’s not funny: that there has been a doubling of overdose deaths in Pennsylvania.”

There has not been a doubling of marijuana overdose deaths in Pennsylvania.

According to the Pennsylvania Office of Drug Surveillance and Misuse Prevention, there was a 3% increase in drug overdose fatalities from 2020 to 2021, the large majority of which involved fentanyl or opioids. No marijuana overdose deaths were reported by the office.

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kellyanne-conway-marijuana-lie_n_6332772fe4b028164521d3b8

[Ray Bruns]

1. Having never smoked marijuana, is it even possible to overdose on it?

[RocRizzo55]

3. No you cannot n/t

[Ray Bruns]

6. Didn't think so.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

56. Kellyanne Conway made no such claim.

She said that overdoses have doubled and then immediately mentioned fentanyl--not marijuana.

[Ray Bruns]

59. Then why did she bring up the topic of Fetterman's flag? To link thy

Two together.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

60. Correct. She did it to attempt to link being pro-pot with being "pro-drugs" generally speaking

and to, thereby, try to associate Fetterman's position with an increase of fatal overdoses FROM FENTANYL.

There could be an honest and ferocious debate over marijuana's role as a "gateway drug," but the framing of the Huffington Post article is 100% dishonest.

Conway NEVER claimed increased deaths from marijuana overdoses, right?

[flakey_foont]

7. Short answer NO

if it was, the number of musicians, actors, taxicab drivers, would be severely diminished.
It is possible to reach a point where your dog begins quoting Aristotle, but it will not kill you (heck, I'm still alive)

[doctorzuma]

40. funniest post in a while!!!

Maybe this Kellyanne's feeble attempt to model being a "good parent'.

[Major Nikon]

53. It's been 30 minutes since the first gummy and nothing, should I take the rest of the bottle?

Seemed like a good idea at the time. I didn't die and knew I wouldn't, but there was a period where I spoke with my ancestors.

[DBoon]

64. "reach a point where your dog begins quoting Aristotle"

maybe not, but you will reach a point where your dog's dry food becomes a delicious human snack.

[Solomon]

10. No, no, and no. You cannot.

[wnylib]

42. What about eating it in food?

I've only smoked it, many years (decades) ago. Today's weed is not the same. Couldn't you get sick from ingesting too much? Not fatally sick, probably, but ill.

[mjvpi]

50. I would guess that it would be medically possible,but so is death by ingesting too much water.

As someone who identifies as an addict who has been clean for 37 years, if someone has that penchant for oblivion, they would use different drugs. Like vodka.

[obamanut2012]

14. No, all will happen is you may get a tad "greened"

ie a little nauseous for a 10-15 minutes, but you have to either smoke a HUGE amount, or crossfade some if you also drink alcohol. If you eat way too many edibles (which many folks new to cannabis can do), you can get bad gastrointestinal issues for 12 hours or so. But, you ahve to eat an entire cake/chocolate bar, etc., which is like 10 does.

[Hugin]

17. That was my question too.

I have never heard of someone being mellowed to death*:

(* I have heard of a few deaths associated with the use of synthetic THC products, but those were in combination with other much more dangerous drugs and alcohol. So it would be difficult to isolate the THC as the coup de grace.)

[twodogsbarking]

44. You should try some. Don't die laughing though.

[Traildogbob]

46. Only danger

Is choking cramming in munchies.

[Midnight Writer]

62. If you eat enough, you can choke on it.

[Lucinda]

2. ...

[TheBlackAdder]

47. Her poor daughter to have to grow up in that environment. We know she played mind games on her too!

.

That personality disorder, which she probably deems as a trait, is something she can't just switch off.

.

[uncle ray]

4. technically, she's correct.

what do you get when you double zero?

[Hugin]

18. More zero.

Good point.

Conway is demonstrating she is an expert on zero.

[Demsrule86]

19. No she is not corrrect.

[speak easy]

25. ru always so 100% sure of everything?

[Demsrule86]

33. Of course...on my 13th birthday I developed this power...just ask Mom. I am kidding, but

Kellyann Conway is never correct about any matter. She is a liar through and through. What does the GOP think a 'reefer madness' campaign will help them? Well, they are all pretty stupid.

[Demsrule86]

36. I almost forgot...many are using medical Marijuana to relieve pain...hubs has an Ohio card.

He has spinal pain...there is so much money in it for states too. So, I sincerely doubt it will go away anytime soon. I think there is legislation coming to allow recreational in Ohio after the midterm.

[Joinfortmill]

5. Death by pot? No. Death by lies. Quite possible.

[Emile]

8. Bwhaha overdose from a harmless weed, where do they get this shit!

Never mind. . .

[Historic NY]

9. Have to wonder which gateway drug she uses red or white

Wines.

[Hugin]

20. In a paper bag.

My guess is berry flavored.

[yardwork]

11. They're really trying to scare suburban parents - old GOP trick.

This is how they got enough votes to steal the 2004 election - scared suburbanites with vague threats of "storms" and terrorist attacks. This election it's scary immigrants bringing drugs disguised as Halloween candy.

The Republicans are losing the suburban demographic because of the abortion decisions and laws. The only way to get them back is to spread fear.

Fight back. There is no such thing as "rainbow fentanyl" snuck into trick or treaters bags. Why would drug dealers kill little kids? What kind of business model is that?

[Demsrule86]

21. Most modern and not so modern suburban parents used weed as kids ans/or still do.

just comes out looking like an idiot...desperation. Fetterman has been leading the entire time by at least 5 points.

[yardwork]

28. But this isn't really about Fetterman. It's a larger strategy.

[Demsrule86]

30. No it is about Fetterman...they have been working hard at destroying him...won't work though.

There is no way they can scare people about weed...not happening...too many folks of all ages have used it.

[jcgoldie]

12. oooo

[obamanut2012]

15. lol

[Farmer-Rick]

26. Was that a real ad?

I wouldn't be surprised.

Nixon started these lies in order to attack certain types of people he did not like.

[yardwork]

29. Is they real?!

[PatrickforB]

34. Very funny. If anyone you know is addicted to marijuana, call Domino's.

Cute.

[Ferrets are Cool]

39. Damn, I HATE that kind of bullshit.

[GoCubsGo]

13. I see Kellyanne is still doing what Kellyanne does best:

Lying and gaslighting. Some things never change. She's also badly out of touch. Most Americans want cannabis legalized, or at the very least, decriminalized. Granted, her audience here is the crowd that grew up with "Reefer Madness..."

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Gaslighting Is Too Gentle A Term

She's LYING! She's a liar, and lying is what she does.

[TNNurse]

22. Headlines should start with "Another GOP lie..."

[brewens]

23. How many alcohol junkies overdosed? That's the only drug I have ever seen anyone

OD on. Quite a few times too.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

24. You can't OD on pot

God knows I've tried!

[Johonny]

31. Why do people listen to a Meth addict on the dangers of smoking weed?

[PatrickforB]

32. Another ridiculous Republican position. Cannabis SHOULD be legalized across the nation. Period.

The Feds have NO business keeping it classified as a Schedule 1 Narcotic.

It isn't a narcotic.

It is not addictive.

It DOES have medical uses.

Therefore it is NOT a Schedule 1 substance.

The ONLY reasons these right-wing idiots keep it illegal is to be able to bust and incarcerate people of color to fill beds in the private for-profit prisons. Seriously. These private prison companies move in, build prisons and 'bring in jobs' with agreements with local law enforcement to keep the beds full at or above 80% capacity.

That is the REAL truth about why cannabis is illegal. Wall Street, the golden idol of shareholder profits, and institutional racism.

[twodogsbarking]

35. Make pot legal, don't tax it and sell it cheap.

Other drug use will decline.

[Ferrets are Cool]

37. As if repugs don't smoke pot.

But, I will admit that more of them SHOULD smoke marijuana.

[Traildogbob]

48. Kid Rick and Kanye

Would never touch the evil weed. Nugent, his brain is the one in the frying pan add. But from much more than weed. Must have smoked some of that paraquat laced weed the Government put out to kill hippies.

[Zilli]

38. This odious Kellyanne person is incapable of truth

Whenever lies are required by FQX this odious one can be called in for a rousing pack of lies.
Maybe John Boehner can come on to refute her lies or maybe just talk about that nifty little lawsuit about misappropriating somebody else's plan to set whoever up as the leader in the cannabis industry, or whatever it was about... Yeah, John Boehner, former speaker of the house and then spokesperson for a cannabis company. Let's hear his views, maybe he and the odious Kelly can have a debate..... Deflection! /s

[Marcuse]

41. Doesn't Kellyanne believe America is a Judeo-Christian Nation?

The ancient Israelites used cannabis in their religious rituals, archaeologists were stunned to learn by analyzing charred residues on a 2,700-year-old altar unearthed in a desert shrine.

The weed traces were found on one of the altars that once stood in the temple at Tel Arad, in Israel’s Negev desert. The cannabinoid substance was likely burned to deliberately get worshippers high on the drug’s psychoactive compounds, researchers have concluded.][link:https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2020-05-31/ty-article/.premium/ancient-israelites-used-cannabis-as-temple-offering-study-finds/0000017f-ed9d-d4a6-af7f-ffdf8fb90000|

Two limestone monoliths, interpreted as altars, were found in the Judahite shrine at Tel Arad. Unidentified dark material preserved on their upper surfaces was submitted for organic residue analysis at two unrelated laboratories that used similar established extraction methods. On the smaller altar, residues of cannabinoids such as Δ9-teterahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD) and cannabinol (CBN) were detected, along with an assortment of terpenes and terpenoids, suggesting that cannabis inflorescences had been burnt on it.

Organic residues attributed to animal dung were also found, suggesting that the cannabis resin had been mixed with dung to enable mild heating. The larger altar contained an assemblage of indicative triterpenes such as boswellic acid and norursatriene, which derives from frankincense.

The additional presence of animal fat―in related compounds such as testosterone, androstene and cholesterol―suggests that resin was mixed with it to facilitate evaporation. These well-preserved residues shed new light on the use of 8th century Arad altars and on incense offerings in Judah during the Iron Age.[link:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03344355.2020.1732046|

[twodogsbarking]

43. I think she was in this movie.

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[onecaliberal]

45. Easily verifiable lie. It's all these pricks have.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

49. Sorry, but this is (yet another) evidence-free outrage threads here on DU.

Kellyanne Conway did NOT say that "marijuana overdoses" doubled.

What she said was that overdose deaths have doubled, which (in her very next sentence) she linked to fentanyl--NOT MARIJUANA.

Now, one may argue with the proposition that marijuana is (or is not) a "gateway drug," but the thread is based on a red-herring.

It is disturbing that so many seem to swallow everything they read with complete credulity.

This is supposed to be a "reality based"community.

[bluedigger]

55. The truth is clearly somewhere in the middle.

Conway clearly linked Fetterman's flying a MJ flag to overdoses and fentanyl. Her lack of clarity was meant to mislead and confuse, as was the Huffpost piece covering it.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

58. She definitely attempted to link being pro-marijuana with being pro-drugs (including fentanyl) and

a thread on the rightness (or wrongness) of that proposition would be on solid ground.

But there was no lack of clarity. Conway specifically mentioned deaths from fentanyl, not from marijuana. She was quite clear. Listen to the tape.

Instead we have a click-bait thread based on a click-bait article.

[MontanaMama]

51. I hope Sea Hag Barbie

has had her day in the sun. As usual, she’s wrong about everything.

[patphil]

52. I've never heard of a case where a person died from a marijuana overdose.

The big problem is driving while high. That can, and does, cause fatal accidents.

Kellyanne Conway is, as usual, speaking pure BS.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

54. A doubling of fatal overdoses FROM MARIJUANA is not her claim.

She specifically mentioned fentanyl.

[Maru Kitteh]

57. Pretty sure she's been smoking "alternative weed."

Because if she’s that butt-ignorant about drugs whilst also being a mother of teenagers she is committing parental malpractice.

[Higherarky]

61. Cannabis is a gateway substance

Breast milk is a gateway substance

H2O is a gateway substance

Oxygen is a gateway substance



Cannabis is a religious experience

[Midnight Writer]

63. Every drug user I know started out on milk.

[Rincewind]

65. Technically that's true.

Zero doubled is still zero.