Peter Bensinger https://illinoisfamilyaction.org Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:13:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-download-32x32.jpg Peter Bensinger https://illinoisfamilyaction.org 32 32 76203252 SPOTLIGHT: The Drug Plague is Growing, What to Do? https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/01/spotlight-the-drug-plague-is-growing-what-to-do/ Wed, 30 Jan 2019 13:09:36 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=10883 Written by Benjamin Smith

This week we turn our Spotlight on Angela Camp, a drug addiction specialist with Bradford Health Services in Birmingham, Alabama. During an Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems conference in Springfield, Ms. Camp met with Monte Larrick to discuss the escalating heroin epidemic in the United States and its connection to opioid and marijuana use and addiction.

Ms. Camp explains how availability, affordability, and changes in public perception have contributed to the increase in drug abuse in middle-class America.… Continue Reading

]]> 10883 SPOTLIGHT: Is Illinois Going to Pot? https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/01/spotlight-is-illinois-going-to-pot/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:04:10 +0000 https://staging.illinoisfamilyaction.org/?p=8591 Written by David E. Smith

In this week’s edition of Illinois Family Spotlight, Monte Larrick and Dave Smith sit down to talk with Bishop Lance Davis about the push to legalize recreational marijuana.  Bishop Davis is the senior pastor of New Zion Covenant Church in Dolton, Illinois and chairman of the African American Clergy Coalition.

Background
Last year, Illinois State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) and State Representative Kelly Cassidy (D-Chicago) introduced legislation to legalize recreational marijuana in Illinois (HB 2353) and began holding public hearings on the issue to build support and excitement for this insidious policy. … Continue Reading

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