Cross Examination w Mark Curran Sep 12, 2023 (No.18) Effects of Legalizing Marijuana, SA Kenneally

Cross Examination with Mark Curran Sep 12, 2023 (No.18) Scrutinizing the Effects of Legalizing Marijuana, States Attorney of McHenry County, IL Patrick Kenneally, ProLife Activist Bonnie Quirke, and WSFI Station Manager Angela Tomlinson join Mark Curran to tackle new data coming out showing how the legalization of marijuana is impacting society. McHenry County States Attorney Patrick Kenneally made headlines this month after he threatened to sue marijuana dispensaries NOT posting mental health warnings and says he will file the lawsuits if they do not comply in the county. https://www.shawlocal.com/northwest-herald/2023/09/01/mchenry-co-states-attorney-threatens-to-sue-marijuana-dispensaries-that-dont-post-mental-health-warnings/

Here's why...

Marijuana is not without negative side effects as society was conditioned to believe. Marijuana is a drug that can have various effects on physical and mental health. Some of the common physical effects include breathing problems, lung irritation, and bronchitis from smoking, increased heart rate and blood pressure, problems with child development during and after pregnancy, intense nausea and vomiting in some cases. Marijuana can also cause dizziness, confusion, and drowsiness. It can worsen some mental illnesses like depression. But further studies have shown the impact of the substance use on schizophrenia. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12471303/Health-effects-weed-Marijuana-schizophrenia-smokers-addicted-death-pregnant-biden-restrictions.html Marijuana is behind 3 in 10 schizophrenia cases, can be a death sentence in pregnant users, more than 40 million adults use marijuana, more than double 10 years ago.
Long-term effects of recent legalizations are just now becoming known, and the Patrick Kenneally shares his insight with listeners this week.

BIO Information on Host Mark Curran

Mark C. Curran Jr. is an American attorney who served as Sheriff of Lake County, Illinois from 2006 to 2018. He was the Republican nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in Illinois. Curran graduated from Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in business from Spring Hill College, and a Juris Doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology's Chicago-Kent College of Law. Curran attended law enforcement and leadership courses at Boston University and Northwestern University.

Curran began his career as a state prosecutor in Lake County in 1990, rising to Senior Felony Prosecutor. He then served as a prosecutor with the Illinois Attorney General from 1999 to 2002.

In 2002, Curran went into private practice, concentrating in civil and criminal litigation. Curran won the Democratic Party's primary election for the position of Sheriff of Lake County, Illinois on March 21, 2006, and won the general election for that position in November 2006, defeating incumbent Gary Del Re.

In August 2008, Curran made national news when he voluntarily spent a week in the Lake County Jail. On December 15, 2008, Curran announced that he was switching from the Democratic to Republican Party, calling his decision a "matter of conscience", stating that the scandals of Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich played a role in his decision, as well as the evil and immoral Pro-abortion platform the Democrat Party advocates.