In a report shown on Monday’s Erin Burnett OutFront and Tuesday’s CNN News Central, reporter Meena Duerson spoke with a group of mothers who smoke marijuana together and claim it makes them better parents.
By contrast, Fox News has had a recent history of highlighting studies linking marijuana use to an increased incidence of mental illness.
On Monday night, setting up the pre-recorded piece, host Burnett repeated claims that marijuana can help women be better parents: “For the first time ever, women have surpassed men when it comes to marijuana use in America. And tonight we’re hearing from a group of moms who get together to smoke. They say that they are better parents and that they are better partners because of it.”
And on Tuesday morning, CNN host John Berman similarly asserted: “All right, new this morning, marijuana as a parenting tool. One group of women has turned to the drug…
