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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		Should marijuana be treated like tobacco in media campaigns?
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:02
	Publish Date:		2016-11-16 18:00:00
	Description:		Marijuana may be a recreational drug for some, but it's a human carcinogen and adds to the risk of heart disease. This, according to Stanton Glanz, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Glantz says that cannabis legalization gets so much positive attention from the media, that people forget about how bad it can be for their health. "There should be a large general market media campaign like the media campaign that we run against tobacco." Which means - no cannabis cartoon characters on TV, smoke-free laws and policies that would protect non-users. "And if you look at the way that marijuana is being legalized, it’s generally prioritizing business interests and business development over public health. And the proper way to legalize marijuana would be to treat it the way we treat tobacco. We have a large demand reduction program, we have substantial taxes on it and we have a situation where people simply don't want to buy it."
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