Marijuana Legalization Increases Use Among Youth: New Study

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Research published this month shows marijuana legalization is tied to increased use among youth.

The study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry examined how state laws legalizing marijuana affect young people.

Researchers found recreational marijuana laws are linked to a 13% increase in marijuana use among youth. The article also notes that recent studies show a growing trend of marijuana use among youth in states where recreational marijuana is legal.

The findings are troubling, given how research increasingly shows marijuana is harmful to children, teens, and young adults.

Nationwide, since 2019, the number of kids diagnosed with cannabis-induced mental disorders — including schizophrenia and psychotic episodes — has increased by 50%.

And research has shown time and again that marijuana has a significant potential for dependence and abuse.

As we have said for years: Marijuana may be many things, but “harmless” simply is not one of them.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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Bad Legislation Would Protect Creation and Destruction of Human Embryos in Arkansas

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Legislation has been filed in Arkansas guaranteeing that people have a “right” to create and kill human embryos.

H.B. 1013 by Rep. Andrew Collins (D — Little Rock) governs fertility treatments in Arkansas. The bill says every individual has a “right” to receive fertility treatments from healthcare providers — including a right to sign contracts with providers concerning the way the provider handle, test, store, ship, and dispose of “the individual’s reproductive genetic material.”

The bill makes it clear that “reproductive genetic material” includes fertilized eggs and embryos.

Lawmakers will have the opportunity to discuss H.B. 1013 and other measures when they convene for their next legislative session in Little Rock on January 13.

H.B. 1013 would protect unethical practices that violate the sanctity of human life in Arkansas.

Unethical fertility clinics have come under fire for creating and killing surplus human embryos, allowing them to be used for medical experimentation, or leaving them in cold storage indefinitely.

Being pro-life means believing that human life is sacred from conception until natural death.

Human embryos are human beings — and human beings are not products that can be created and destroyed at will.

H.B. 1013 would give people and medical facilities the “right” to violate the sanctity and dignity of human life.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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