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Jesse Singal

is a contributing writer and former staffer at New York magazine. He is working on a book for Farrar, Straus and Giroux about why questionable psychological ideas go viral.

New York State

Opinion

Pot legalization opponents exaggerate dangers

In response to the push for legalization in New York, marijuana opponents are making some “wildly overstated” claims of the drug’s supposed dangers – and some claims that are more reasonable.