Writing in Vox news, Luke Winkie describes a new and growing trend for health-conscious Americans: “microdosing.” It consists of introducing small amounts of marijuana, magic mushrooms, ketamine, or other formerly illicit substances into a daily routine. The goal is to stay on top of mental health issues.
“What the government once considered contraband is being claimed by wellness culture, one tiny dose at a time,” Winkie writes; “After all, the chaos of the last few years has left so many Americans with a singular priority: to be calmer and happier, by any means possible.”
While the health benefits of microdosing are inconclusive at best , what is becoming clear is how we’ve confused coping with curing. That should be a warning sign. A world that treats every problem as a medical one misses the point. A population that increasingly needs dubious chemicals just to feel “okay” is one that’s not OK.
One early adopter put it this way: “I felt a disconnect from my logical, ever-critical brain to my soul.” That feeling is real, even God-given. The answer she needs is one the Church is tasked with providing.
Copyright 2025 by the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Reprinted from BreakPoint.org with permission.
FRC Action is the legislative affiliate of Family Research Council.
In a nutshell, the proposed amendment to the Arkansas Constitution would:
Guarantee that state and local laws will not infringe religious liberty.
Enshrine protections for religious freedom into the Arkansas Constitution.
Provide people with legal recourse if the government infringes their religious freedoms.
Maintain balance in situations in which religious liberty conflicts with a compelling governmental interest.
Voters will decide whether or not to add the amendment to the Arkansas Constitution on Election Day this November.
Below is a copy of FRC Action’s statement endorsing the amendment.
This November, you will have the opportunity to make the Arkansas Religious Freedom Restoration Act part of the state constitution by referendum during the 2022 elections. Vote YES on this state ballot initiative to protect religious freedom in Arkansas!
Religious Freedom Restoration Acts (or RFRAs) are nothing new. More than half of the states have them by statute or by court precedent, but we know that religious liberty is under attack as never before. RFRAs simply prohibit the government from burdening religious freedom unless the government meets a high level of legal scrutiny. RFRAs give courts a tried-and-true balancing test for weighing a person’s sincerely held religious beliefs against legitimate state interests, protecting everyone with a conscience regardless of their religion, political views, the content of their beliefs, or how they apply those beliefs.
Arkansas passed a RFRA in 2015, and—despite the ACLU’s disingenuous advocacy—the sky hasn’t fallen: Discrimination isn’t rampant in in Arkansas, because courts know how to apply this balancing test very well. The Arkansas Religious Freedom Amendment would make Arkansas’ current law permanent. By enshrining protections for religious freedom into the Arkansas Constitution, the amendment would guarantee that (no matter who takes office in Little Rock in the future) state and local laws will not infringe religious liberty, provide people with legal recourse if the government infringes their religious freedoms, and maintain balance in situations in which religious liberty conflicts with a compelling governmental interest.
This November, vote YES on this amendment to ensure that the religious freedom of Arkansans is clearly protected for decades to come!
Family Council has analyzed the Arkansas Religious Freedom Amendment and provided information about it on our website. You can find that information here.
Above: Rep. Robin Lundstrum asks the Arkansas House of Representatives to override the governor’s veto of the SAFE Act in this file photo from April 6, 2021.
One year ago today the Arkansas Legislature voted to enact the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act by Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Alan Clark (R – Lonsdale).
The SAFE Act protects children from sex-reassignment procedures, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones.
Here’s a brief recap of the measure’s history and what has happened since its passage:
On February 25, 2021, Rep. Robin Lundstrum (R – Springdale) and Sen. Alan Clark (R – Lonsdale) filed H.B. 1570, the Save Adolescents From Experimentation (SAFE) Act.
In a nutshell, the SAFE Act prohibits sex-reassignment procedures on children. It also prevents funding of sex-reassignment procedures performed on children.
Gender-reassignment surgeries can leave children sterilized and scarred for life, and medical researchers do not know the long term effects these procedures and therapies can have on kids. That is why many people equate them with experimenting on children.
On March 9, 2021, the SAFE Act passed the House Public Health Committee by a vote of 12 to 2, and it passed the entire Arkansas House of Representatives by a vote of 70 to 22 the following day.
Along the way, pro-LGBT organizations attacked the bill.
The ACLU claimed that the SAFE Act would ban “trans youth from accessing health care and health insurance.”
But groups like the Heritage Foundation pointed out that the SAFE Act does no such thing. The SAFE Act does not deny healthcare to anybody. It simply prohibits healthcare providers from performing or paying for sex-change procedures on children.
The SAFE Act was officially slated to take effect in July of 2021. However, the ACLU indicated in May that it would challenge the SAFE Act in court.
Meanwhile, on May 5 a major hospital in Sweden announced it would no longer give puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children under the age of 16, and that giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to children ages 16 – 18 “should be regarded as experimental.” This echoed what many experts said during the debate surrounding Arkansas’ SAFE Act.
The ACLU filed the lawsuit over the SAFE Act on May 25, 2021.
On August 20 Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge asked the Eighth Circuit to lift Judge Moody’s order so that the state could start enforcing the law right away. That appeal is pending in federal court.
Meanwhile, the lawsuit over the SAFE Act’s constitutionality is still in Judge Moody’s court.
On February 28, 2022, the U.S. District Court in Little Rock announced the SAFE Act would go to trial sometime during the week of October 17, 2022. The court had previously scheduled the trial to take place during the week of July 25, 2022, but apparently chose to reschedule it.
Arkansas’ SAFE Act protects children.
Gender transition procedures, puberty blockers, and hormone replacements can sterilize children and leave them permanently scarred. The Save Adolescents From Experimentation Act protects children from these procedures.
We believe federal courts ultimately will recognize that fact and uphold this good law as constitutional.
