Tina Brown, the former Daily Beast/Newsweek editor-in-chief and naturalized U.S. citizen, warned Friday that legalized marijuana — which took effect this week in Colorado — would make the United States “a fatter, dumber, sleepier nation” and make it less competitive with America’s biggest global rival, China.
…legal weed contributes to us being a fatter, dumber, sleepier nation even less able to compete with the Chinese
— Tina Brown (@TinaBrownLM) January 3, 2014
She joins MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and New York Times columnist David Brooks in expressing her trepidation at the prospect of legal pot.
