Christian Action League Staff Christian Action League November 19, 2019 For Christians who want to pray for their state and nation, for Christians who wish to stay abreast of the latest news about social issues, for Christians who desire to be educated about the issues from a strong Christian worldview, for Christians who want to […]
Marijuana
N.C.’s Proposed 2019 Farm Act, Smokable Hemp, and De facto Legalization of Marijuana
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League November 15, 2019 Cannabis sativa is one of the world’s most recognizable plants. And although it has been cultivated for thousands of years, authorities — including Tar Heel lawmakers — are still grappling with how it should be managed. The problem: One variety of the plant can make you high […]
SAFE Banking Act Would Flood Billions into Marijuana Industry and Exacerbate Current Vaping Crisis
Please Contact Senators Tillis and Burr By Hunter Hines Christian Action League October 4, 2019 Wednesday of last week, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 1595 – Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019, commonly known as The SAFE Banking Act. The measure passed overwhelmingly 321 to 103 with 91 Republicans voting […]
The Constitution and the Legalization of Marijuana
By Rev. Mark H. Creech Christian Action League September 27, 2019 Only just a few days ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure which protects banks that want to work with legal marijuana businesses. The legislation would also ensure that cannabis businesses may access financial services such as opening accounts, making loans, accepting […]
Colorado Doctor Sounds Alarm on Marijuana Legalization
By Charles Fain Lehman The Washington Free Beacon September 9, 2019 Colorado’s experiment with marijuana legalization has been an epic disaster, according to one doctor seeing its effects on the front lines. Dr. Karen Randall, an emergency room physician certified in “cannabis science and medicine,” said the legalization of marijuana has damaged, rather than helped, […]
Marijuana Users Grossly Underachieve
By Dr. Drew Edwards Parents Opposed to Pot August 20, 2019 All the independent, peer-reviewed research confirms what I and other experts have observed for years. Cannabis users significantly underachieve in education, their careers, and have significant problems with their most significant relationships. Two recent and eye-opening studies published in the medical journals Addiction, and […]
Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence
Tell Your Children: The Truth about Marijuana, Mental Illness, and ViolenceBy Alex BerensonImprimis The following is adapted from a speech delivered on January 15, 2019, at Hillsdale College’s Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship in Washington, D.C. Seventy miles northwest of New York City is a hospital that looks like a […]
Legalizing Marijuana is Stone Cold Crazy
By John Stonestreet & David CarlsonBreakpoint.org On election night 2018, while most of the nation’s attention was focused on the Democrats taking the House and the Republicans expanding their Senate majority, few noticed a funny smell wafting in from the Midwest. Michigan became the 10th, and the first midwestern, state to legalize the recreational use […]
No, God Did Not Prescribe the Use of Cannabis in the Bible
By Dr. Michael BrownLineoffireradio.com 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 to be smoked but to be burned in large quantities by […]
While Pro-Marijuana Forces in NC Prepare to Push for Legalization, State Lawmakers Should Look at Colorado’s Huge Costs
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League Even as pro-marijuana forces in North Carolina are preparing to push for local-option legalization, officials in Colorado are being forced to face the high cost of their state’s embrace of cannabis. Colorado approved medical marijuana in 2000. The substance became legal for recreational use in 2014 with, pardon the […]