Dr. Kevin Sabet on Smart Approaches to Marijuana and Preventing Another Big Tobacco

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In today’s episode, we’re talking about the legalization of recreational marijuana both nationally and the efforts being made right here in Minnesota and the many concerns surrounding its legalization.

We speak with Dr. Kevin Sabet is a veteran drug policy advisor, having served in the Clinton, Bush, and Obama White House Administrations. He founded Smart Approaches to Marijuana in 2013, alongside former Congressman Patrick Kennedy and Republican pundit David Frum. His book, "Reefer Sanity: Seven Great Myths About Marijuana", was published by Beaufort (Midpoint) in 2013, and was released in its second edition at the end of 2017. He is also the co-editor of Marijuana and Contemporary Health, published by Oxford University Press.

In our mailbag segment, we dive into a question about “the common good”. It’s a term often used and perhaps just as often it is misunderstood.

And stick around for the bricklayer segment, we discuss how you can make your voice heard both in gratitude and in defense of religious freedom.