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Is Marijuana Really That Dangerous?
On January 1, 2020, the recreational use of marijuana for adults over the age of twenty-one officially became legal in the state of Illinois. Proponents of the recreational use of marijuana are in the majority in America. In fact, a March 2024 Pew Research Center report polled U.S. adults for their opinions on the legalization of marijuana with these results:
Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions, Illinois Politics
Tagged dangerous drugs, drugs, marijuana, Patrick Kenneally, Pew Research Center
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Capping THC Levels in Pot
A bi-partisan group of State Representatives recently filed HR 700 at the Capitol in Springfield. This resolution calls for a cap on THC levels in retail marijuana. We are working the Illinois House members in hopes that we can better educate them on the consequences of high potency marijuana in our state.
Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions
Tagged drug abuse, drugs, HR 700, illicit drugs, Journal of American Medicine, marijuana, Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, suicide, THC, The Lancet Psychiatry
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IFI Special Forum on Dangerous Drugs
Legal or not, drugs are still dangerous. Join Illinois Family Institute at the 2024 Drug Forum, where you will hear from Board Certified Psychiatrist and Christ follower, Karl Benzio, M.D. This is an informative evening that you will not want to miss!
Tagged Drug Forum, drugs, Karl Benzio, psychiatry
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God and Guns
I was, for a short time during college, a volunteer fireman, and my responsibility was to operate the equipment while more experienced firemen entered the burning building. Following a fire at one house, another student who had gone inside told me how he stood in the smoke-filled kitchen spraying water at the flames to no avail. It wasn’t until he realized that he was facing a mirrored wall and that the flames were actually behind him that he turned and was able to extinguish the fire. As long as he was sending water in the wrong direction the fire continued unabated.
Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions, Faith, Federal, Marriage/Family/Culture, Religious Liberty
Tagged China, drugs, God and Guns, guns, Humanism, mass shootings, North Korea, Russia, Second Amendment, U.S. Constitution, Venezuela
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