“It is probably too late to make marijuana illegal since it has been legal long enough to gain a foothold….Instead, we as a nation should strictly regulate marijuana at the federal level, tax it substantially, and the higher the THC potency, the higher the tax should be.” - Richard Land
High On Heresy: Exposing the Biblical Cannabis Myth
“This isn’t the first effort to combine cannabis with Christianity, and it won’t be the last. The desperation is palpable. The reach is breathtaking. The scholarship is shoddy.” - ReligionUnplugged
The Pot Experiment Has Been a Disaster
“If marijuana definitively destroys lives, should we be free to smoke?” - Breakpoint
Gallup: Americans' Views of Marijuana Effects Worsen
“However, U.S. adults view marijuana as less harmful to users than tobacco, nicotine and alcohol” - Gallup
Cannabis Linked to Depression and Bipolar Disorder
“Those previously diagnosed with cannabis addiction were almost twice as likely to develop clinical depression and up to four times as likely to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder.” - Breakpoint
Gallup: Cannabis Use Greatest Among Lower-Income and Less Educated
“Adults younger than 50, for example, are twice as likely as those aged 65 and older to be regular cannabis users (12% vs. 6%, respectively). Men (11%) are marginally more likely than women (8%) to be regular consumers” - Gallup
Fully Half of Americans Have Tried Marijuana
“The proportion of Americans who say they smoke marijuana has more than doubled since 2013, when Gallup first asked the question. That year, 7% said they did.” - Gallup
Teen Marijuana Use: What Today’s Youth Leaders Need to Know
“A recent study from Oregon Health & Science University reveals that while alcohol abuse has steadily declined among teens, cannabis abuse has soared.” - Church Leaders
More Studies Show the Harm of Recreational Marijuana Use
“after more than a decade of legal recreational marijuana, we now have significantly more data. Far from being safe, recreational pot is clearly a net loss for public health.” - Breakpoint
Denmark study: “A third of schizophrenia in young men is linked to marijuana use.”
“Increased potency of marijuana in the global market is a factor, and lawmakers have ‘decreas[ed] the public’s perception of its harm,’ according to the study’s lead author.” - Breakpoint