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Marijuana - Creative Tool Or Harmful Substance?

Season 1, Ep. 1

Welcome to the first Sidenote Podcast ever, where every week we (Mitch and Greg of AsapSCIENCE) chat about what's stumping us right now, and then we research and splice in all the mind blowing science. 

This week we're talking about Marijuana; we remember a crazy time that Mitch almost overdosed on edibles, look into the racial history of Marijuana, and discuss the physiology of why it affects people so differently.

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