Jailed drug dealer claims salvation

A drug dealer in Langley, BC in Canada claimed he was now a Christian at his recent sentencing hearing. Jason William Brown, 36, was arrested in Nov. 2009 for drug possession (worth $200,000) and possession of an unloaded restricted firearm (a semiautomatic handgun). He was in prison waiting to be tried when he converted to [...]

PET scans prove weed degrades brain chemistry

A new study released today by the National Institute of Mental Health has shown clear, inarguable proof that habitual marijuana use alters brain chemistry for the worse.  The findings were released at the Society of Nuclear Medicines 58th Annual Meeting  today.  For this study, 30 marijuana users were studied in a closed environment four weeks during which they [...]

Mexican drug cartels targeting evangelicals

When 500 worshipers gathered on Sunday, April 10, a group of masked men entered Christian Center El Shaddai with machine guns, firing them in the air.  As the members hit the deck, the men took pastor Josué Ramírez Santiago away in the city of Lázaro Cárdenas. His family received a ransom demand for 20 million pesos, or $1.7 [...]

A puff, puff, but no pass on Illinois pot bill

Supporters who lobbied fiercely for the enforcement of medical marijuana use in Illinois were disappointed on Tues., November 30, when the Illinois House defeated the bill. The measure needed 60 votes for passage, but only got 53 votes in favor of it and 59 votes against. With permission from a doctor and a license required [...]

Is America going to pot?

Since California legalized the use of medical marijuana in 1996, 12 other states have followed in its footsteps.  Some lawmakers in the state of Illinois are now hoping to be added to that number.  Although it passed a law in the 1970s legalizing medical marijuana, the law was ignored and never enforced, but that may [...]

Rehab is ok, but Christ’s salvation is better

Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? Proverbs 20:9 Entertainment news in the Western Hemisphere seems to be chock full of the latest information on what celebrity has checked into rehab, going through rehab, or coming out of rehab.  It seems that we love to hear stories about people [...]

Altered minds, altered spirits: the drug trade

In the past few decades, there has been a push to legalize marijuana and to minimize the severity of using psychotropic drugs.  Of course, as with any other evil in our land, Hollywood and others with media access (including the porn industry) have been at the forefront of this movement.  Although there have been some [...]

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