Chelsea Clinton: Marijuana and drug interactions.
Chelsea Clinton recently suggested that marijuana might be deadly when taken with other drugs. But is this really true? Although marijuana can interact with other drugs, there do not appear to be any reports of deaths that directly resulted from taking marijuana in combination with other drugs. While speaking in Ohio on Sept. 24, Clinton was asked whether her mother, Hillary Clinton, supports changing the way marijuana is categorized by the Drug Enforcement Administration so that it would be easier for researchers to conduct studies on the drug. Chelsea Clinton replied that her mother does support research on marijuana. Then, she added, "But we also have anecdotal evidence now from Colorado, where some of the people who were taking marijuana for those purposes, the coroner believes, after they died, there was drug interactions with other things they were taking." A spokesperson for Clinton later said Clinton "misspoke about marijuana's interaction with other drugs