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SUMMARY:The Blunt Truth About Marijuana
DESCRIPTION:Whether or not you have made up your mind about legalizing marijuana for recreational use\, the Illinois Sheriffs and Chiefs of Police Associations highly recommend listening to the experts. \n“We encourage you to heed the warnings from people who speak first-hand about the effect it’s had on them\, their profession\, and their families.” \nThe Illinois General Assembly is considering legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Get all the facts before you decide whether this will be good for Illinois. Please pass this information along to others. \n“We have discovered that it’s becoming almost impossible to get the straight facts about the predictable increase in fatalities\, hospitalizations\, and crime. Too many people are shrugging and saying\, “Will it really do any harm?” Yes. Absolutely\, it will.” … \nIn 2013\, the Illinois General Assembly legalized medical marijuana. In 2016\, the same body of lawmakers decriminalized possession of marijuana\, reducing it to a $100 fine. And now some want full legalization of recreational marijuana.\n \nThe Illinois Chiefs of Police and the Illinois Sheriffs’ Associations strongly oppose legalizing high potency marijuana for recreational use and these webinars will give you a better understanding of why. \nThe Chiefs/Sheriff’s full letter is here. \n  \nCLICK HERE to watch – Marijuana in the Schools \nPresenter: Ron Castagna. Educator and retired Colorado high school principal of 27 years\, 2012 Principal\nof the Year; presentation given at Colorado PTA State Convention and Colorado School Administrator\nmeetings titled Teens and the Impact of Marijuana. \nDrug problems in Colorado schools increased with legalization. Marijuana proponents promised the voters lots of revenue for the schools. The only thing legalization has brought to schools is marijuana. \n  \nAvailable Soon   \nPresenter: Roger Morgan. Chairman/founder of Take Back America Campaign; former chairman\nand executive director of the Coalition for a Drug-Free California; founding chairman of the Colorado\nSAFE Foundation in 1997\, a non-profit dealing with drug prevention; prior Board Member of the San\nDiego Prevention Coalition; member of the National Coalition for Student Drug Testing; and Special\nAdvisor to the Golden Rule Society in Colorado. His two step-children became drug addicted and two\nnephews died from drug related causes. Roger shares alarming statistics on marijuana’s hidden price: the environmental\, economic\, and human impact of legalization in\nCalifornia. \nCLICK HERE to watch Driving High: The Impact of Marijuana Legalization \nPresenter: Chelsey Clarke. Chelsey is a Strategic Intelligence Unit Supervisor for the Colorado Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking\nArea (RMHIDTA) program. She is a primary contributor to the annual RMHIDTA regional\nThreat Assessment and The Legalization of Marijuana in Colorado: The Impact reports\, as well as a leader\nin the Colorado Heroin Response Work Group. She helped create and develop the current statewide\nHeroin Impact Project which encompasses a two-pronged approach: Operation Poison Pusher and\nOperation Helping Hand. \nThe evidence is undeniable. Legalization has strengthened the black market\, increased crime\, and made the roads more dangerous in Colorado. \n  \nCLICK HERE to watch – If It’s Legal\, Why Test? Addressing the Marijuana Bully in the Workplace. \nPresenter: Chuck Marting. Serves on the Board of the National Drug and Alcohol Screening Association;\nformer law enforcement officer where he spent 17 years as a Drug Recognition Expert; expertise in\nworkplace impact\, has trained district attorneys\, school administrators and business owners on workplace\nimpairment testing. \n  \nCLICK HERE to watch – Cannabis in the Emergency Room \nPresenter: Dr. Karen Randall\, MD. Emergency Room Physician in the 3rd busiest Emergency Department\nin Colorado; trained in emergency medicine\, pediatrics and family practice; holds a certificate in Cannabis\nScience and Medicine from the University of Vermont; on the Board of Directors for SCEMA and VP of\ncase management for SCEMA; has spoken nationally and internationally on the harms of marijuana. \nToday’s marijuana is contributing to a rise in homelessness in Colorado\, putting a tremendous strain on the state’s Medicaid system and hospitals. Many come to Colorado “for the weed.” Marijuana dispensaries are recommending that pregnant mothers use marijuana to alleviate morning sickness\, which is neither good for moms-to-be or their babies. The current marijuana is very potent\, with THC levels as high as 90%. In the 60’s and 70’s\, it was around 2%. Common presentations in the ER: hyperemesis (known as scromitting)\, psychosis\, polysubstance use/abuse\, acute cardiac issues. \n  \nCLICK HERE to watch – Is Marijuana a Solution to the Opioid Crisis? \nPresenter: Dr. Ken Finn\, MD. Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation\, Board Certified in\nPain Medicine and Pain Management; licensed in Colorado\, Utah and Arizona; president and founder of\nseveral Rehab Medicine businesses; serves on the American Board of Pain Medicine Executive Board and\nExam Council; Volunteer Clinical Instructor at University of Colorado\, Colorado Springs Medical Branch;\npublished several papers related to cannabis in the face of the opioid epidemic and societal effects. \nCannabis has not curbed the opioid epidemic in Colorado\, which saw a record year of opioid\ndeaths in 2017. \nCLICK HERE to watch – Marijuana’s Ecological Impact \nPresenter: Dr. Mourad Gabriel\, M.S.\, Ph.D. Co-founder of the Integral Ecology Research Center in 2004.\nDr. Gabriel earned his B.S. in Wildlife Biology at Humboldt State University\, his M.S. in Wildlife Ecology at\nHumboldt State University\, and his Ph.D in Comparative Pathology (emphasis on wildlife disease ecology)\nat the University of California Davis\, School of Veterinary Medicine. Dr. Gabriel is also a Research Associate\nFaculty at the One Health Institute\, Wildlife Heath Center at the University of California Davis\, School of\nVeterinary Medicine. The chemicals being used to grow today’s marijuana are causing an environmental disaster.\nMarijuana growers are poisoning the soil\, water supplies and are killing wildlife. \n  \nAvailable Soon \nPresenter: Aubree Adams. Aubree’s son started using marijuana in the 8th grade\, soon after Colorado\nlegalized the drug for recreational use. As a freshman\, Aubree’s son had a psychotic break and tried to kill\nhimself. Her son continued a cycle of addiction and mental illness for several years. He is now in recovery\,\nand admits marijuana almost killed him and was his gateway to other drugs. And much more. Aubree is affiliated with\nMom’s Strong\, Parents Opposed to Pot\, and Marijuana Victims Alliance. \n  \nOct. 30th\, 11:30 AM \nTopic: Psychotic behavior. Addiction. A gateway to other drugs. Today’s marijuana is not the pot that you\nsmoked in the 60’s and 70’s. More kids are using and becoming addicted. \nPresenter: Lynn Riemer Speaker\, trainer and advocate on issues relating to substance abuse. Lynn\nis president of ACT on Drugs\, Inc.\, a non-profit organization with a mission to educate parents\, teens\, and\nprofessionals about addictive and psychoactive substances\, both legal and illegal. This past school year\,\nLynn provided 772 trainings\, 725 directly to middle and high school students. She has extensive\nknowledge of drug chemistry\, having served with the DEA and on the North Metro Drug Task Force. \nPresenter: Matt Montgomery. Matt served in the Broomfield Police Department for 9 ½ years and is a\nnational expert in school safety\, certified by the National Association of School Resource Officers. He has\nextensive training in drug detection\, and its effects on adolescents. Matt holds a Masters in Teaching and\nLearning from Colorado State University. \n 
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