D.C. Police Chief Calls Out Realities of Marijuana

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John Stonestreet, Radio Host and Director of the Colson Center

In 2015, then-Washington D.C. police chief Cathy Lanier assured reporters that legalizing marijuana would not have an effect on crime. “They just want to get a bag of chips and to relax,” she said. “Alcohol is a much bigger problem.”

Six years later and DC is dealing with more than the munchies. Current Police Chief Robert Contee recently declared, “Marijuana undoubtedly is connected to violent crimes.” This in a community with a 20 percent increase in violent crime since Covid.

Contee grew-up in D.C., He knew the smell of marijuana because his dad was an addict. His life was turned around by a mom who taught him about consequences and a community that gave him support. Now, he’s trying to convince D.C. residents and lawmakers that bad ideas, including bad laws, have consequences… and victims.

This will be a tough thing to turn around. Christians will have a role to play, along with a shift in thinking about marijuana. One that matches reality.

Copyright 2021 by the Colson Center for Christian Worldview. Reprinted from BreakPoint.org with permission.

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Arkansas Pro-Lifers Throwing Baby Shower for Baby Saved From Abortion

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Last week our friends at 40 Days for Life announced some really good, pro-life news for Arkansas.

First, a baby was saved from abortion last Tuesday morning. Pro-lifers who pray year-round outside the surgical abortion facility in Little Rock routinely talk to women about options besides abortion. Last week, one unborn child was saved. That’s great news.

Second, 40 Days for Life in Little Rock reports that last spring one woman was able to save her unborn baby using the chemical abortion pill reversal process.

The chemical abortion regimen uses drugs to poison and expel the unborn child. The drugs can be counteracted if the woman receives high amounts of the hormone progesterone soon after taking the first chemical abortion pill — before the drug has time to kill the unborn child. Studies indicate the progesterone can act as an antidote to the abortion pill.

Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center in Little Rock began offering abortion pill reversal to women last year.

40 Days for Life in Little Rock writes,

[The woman] contacted the folks at the Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center and went through the Abortion Pill Reversal process.  We are throwing her a baby shower on Saturday, August 7.  It will be in the parking lot of the APRC from 2:00pm – 3:30pm. She is having a little boy and  has registered for gifts on Amazon.  If you would like to choose a gift from that, here is the link.  Amazon: Baby Registry  Of course, diapers and wipes are always a good idea.

Pro-lifers are taking a stand for human life in Arkansas — and women and children are being saved. Slowly but surely we are winning the fight to end abortion in Arkansas.

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