By Peyton Majors Christian Action League February 15, 2024 A new study that shows increased asthma rates among high school students who use marijuana should impact the debate over its legalization, says Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian Action League, who has monitored the nationwide cannabis debate. The study, published in the journal […]
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Marijuana and Impaired Driving: A Growing Concern as Legalization Sweeps the Nation
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League February 9, 2024 The rapid legalization of recreational and medicinal marijuana nationwide has left many users curious about how long it impacts their driving ability — and many medical experts warning that cannabis affects users far longer than they realize. Marijuana is legal for medicinal use in 38 states […]
Veterans’ Marijuana Addiction Doubles: Implications for North Carolina’s Medicinal Marijuana Debate
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League December 8, 2023 A new study showing that marijuana addiction among veterans more than doubled between 2005 and 2019 should impact North Carolina’s debate over medicinal marijuana, a pro-family leader says. The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, found that reports of cannabis use disorder among individuals […]
Cardiovascular Concerns Raise Questions About Marijuana Legalization
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League November 17, 2023 Individuals who regularly use marijuana have a significantly higher risk of a major cardiovascular event such as a heart attack or stroke, according to two new studies that could impact the political debate over its legalization. Both studies were presented this month at the American Heart […]
Safer Banking Act: A Step Toward Legitimizing Marijuana Businesses
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League October 13, 2023 A bipartisan bill that critics say would “legitimize” marijuana consumption nationwide passed a U.S. Senate committee late last month and could be headed to the full floor. The so-called Safer Banking Act (S. 2860) would fully open up the financial and banking industry to state-sanctioned marijuana […]
Christian Action League Director Highlights Concerns Over Marijuana Use Disorder Study
By Peyton Majors Christian Action League October 6, 2023 A new study on marijuana use out of Canada could impact the debate over its legalization in the United States. The study, published in the medical journal Addiction, found that marijuana users who have a so-called cannabis use disorder have a 60 percent increased risk of […]
Cherokee Approve Recreational Marijuana: Will It Be Another ‘Trail of Tears?’
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League September 15, 2023 The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, having already embraced the sale of so-called medical marijuana, has now given its approval for anyone age 21 or over to purchase and use pot. A Sept. 7 referendum, which showed broad support for the psychoactive drug, requires the tribal […]
Efforts to Legalize Marijuana as Medicine Faces Setback in the State Legislature
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League July 13, 2023 Efforts to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes may be up in smoke for this session of the N.C. Legislature, according to a statement issued by House Speaker Tim Moore (R-Cleveland) on Tuesday. Although the upper chamber passed Senate Bill 3, euphemistically dubbed the Compassionate Care Act, […]
Another Study: Marijuana Use 35% Increase for Atrial Fibrillation
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League November 3, 2022 Yet another study has shown that marijuana is harmful to the body. This one, reported in Medical News Today, links cannabis use to a 35 percent increase in a person’s chances of developing atrial fibrillation. Defined by the Mayo Clinic as an “irregular and often very […]
Executive Vice President of Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM) Speaks at Conference in Cary, NC
By L.A. Williams Christian Action League October 28, 2022 Marijuana: Is it really medicine? Should it be legalized? What can we learn from states where it’s already legal? Attendees at the ninth annual Shepherd’s 360 Church Leaders Conference in Cary earlier this month got the low-down on the psychoactive drug from Luke Niforatos, executive vice […]