Dr. Brown is a PhD in Food and Nutrition Sciences -- not an MD -- and she's out of her depth when it comes to cannabis, simply repeating a laundry list of all the ill effects that have ever been attributed to cannabis whether backed up by reproducible, statistically-valid studies or not.  

Long term cannabis use can result in habituation, but not actual addiction.  That's certainly not true of alcohol, which is a classic example of a substance that causes physical addiction necessitating chemical detox.

"Fair and balanced" doesn't mean simply presenting both sides of an issue or debate in a vacuum without any assessment of which side is more credible or is better supported by the facts.  Yet that's pretty close to what we have here.  If that's to be the case, Kokua Line is making a wise decision to abstain from attempting this type of discussion in future.