Tag Archives: New Jersey

Ten Reasons to Oppose Legal Weed in Illinois

Posted on May 8, 2019 by David E Smith

Once again, high potency marijuana is in the news. Governor J.B. Pritzker and several state lawmakers held a press conference this past Saturday to announce their bill (SB 7) to legalize marijuana for "recreational" use in Illinois.

Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions | Tagged Aging of the Brain, Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Brain Alteration, Heather Steans, heroin, J.B. Pritzker, Karen Randall, Kimberly Lightford, Marijuana-Related Traffic Fatalities, New Jersey, Opioid Deaths, Pacific Garden Mission, Patricia Van Pelt, Pediatrics, Phil Kwiatowski, Philip D. Murphy, psychiatric disorders, Psychological Medicine, psychosis, SB 7, schizophrenia, suicide, tetrahydrocannabinol, THC Concentrates, The Lancet Psychiatry, Toi Hutchinson, Violent Crime | Comments Off

29 States and D.C. Permit Abortions of Healthy, Full-Term Babies

Posted on January 28, 2019 by David E Smith

Why, I kept asking myself last week, are so many Americans so livid about Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) signing into law a bill passed jubilantly by the state legislature that makes it possible for women to abort full-term babies. Sure, the bill is morally repugnant and the jubilant applause by the legislature was grotesque, but 23 other states—including Illinois—allow full-term babies to be killed and for the same reasons. And 7 other states allow full-term babies to be killed for any or no reason.

Posted in Sanctity of Life | Tagged Abortion, Alaska, Andrew Cuomo, Anthony Levatino, Colorado, full-term abortion, Illinois, Kaiser Family Foundation, late-term abortion, murder, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Roe v. Wade, Vermont | Comments Off