Illinois state lawmakers from Chicago are moving quickly toward the legalization of "recreational" marijuana. There are many good reasons to be alarmed. Not all the risks of such a policy is known. For example, we need to understand what role marijuana has in the development of psychiatric diseases, such as psychosis. New research suggests shows that "in adolescents, cannabis use is harmful."

Recently, a Colorado expert on the consequences of legalizing recreational marijuana spoke to groups in Bloomington, Pontiac, and Naperville, in addition to doing numerous media interviews. What Jo McGuire reports from Colorado is truly shocking. Illinois residents must understand the consequences of this foolish policy and speak out before it is too late.

Legalization of marijuana has ramifications beyond the individual’s decision to smoke an occasional joint. Several considerations contradict the argument for legalization. 

The President of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police is encouraging a "NO" vote on a Cook County marijuana referendum.

There is a tremendous amount of misinformation about today’s high potency marijuana. Overdose rates have increased in states that have legalized such as Colorado, which legalized ‘recreational” marijuana in 2014.  As a result of legalization, they’ve also seen significant increases...

To some entrepreneurs (and even Illinois gubernatorial candidates), marijuana legalization is all the rage these days. We're promised "more tax money!", "less crime!" and "miraculous medicine!" 

Left-wing state lawmakers from Chicago want to legalize "recreational" marijuana throughout Illinois, and their allies in the media only seem to want to collude in advancing this ominous agenda.  Many proponents simply view the illegal controlled substance as a revenue source to help bail them out of years of reckless overspending.  Yet we do not have to look far to discover overwhelming and alarming consequences of legalization from other states///

Last week marked the fifth anniversary of Colorado's decision to sanction the world's first anything-goes commercial pot trade. Five years later, we remain an embarrassing cautionary tale.

Just when you think you’ve heard it all, a pastor calls your radio show asking how to respond to a congregant who claims that cannabis was sanctioned by God in the Torah. That’s right, sanctioned by the Lord Himself, not...

America has known greatness because the majority of Americans living in our constitutional republic led lives tempered by inward moral constraints rather than outward government oppression. But the downside of liberty comes when those freedoms are severed from that inner...

An expert on the effects of marijuana on the brain, particularly the adolescent brain, was not allowed to testify during a recent Illinois Senate hearing on marijuana legalization. However, she did speak with the Illinois Family Institute which is fighting the big push for legalized pot.

State’s Attorney Jerry Brady speaks to the Peoria Patriots about the Opioid Problem. He mentioned that over the last couple of years, he and a group of others have been meeting to form a plan on changing the heroin issues...

Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel predicts that legalized marijuana will put more drugged drivers on Illinois roadways and cause more headaches for Illinois than all its tax revenue is worth.

An article in the Peoria County Star highlights the deadly spread of opiate abuse in cities across America, including Peoria, an example of middle America. Peoria County States Attorney Jerry Brady will discuss this serious issue and answers questions.  ...

Only two witnesses were allowed to testify at the joint hearing on marijuana on April 19th.  Neither were from our side. One was from the National Conference of State Legislators. The other was Barbara Brohl, the czar of Colorado’s marijuana...