CJ McMurry is back on the podcast on location in the studio because he is in town for The 4th Annual TAC (The Addiction Connection) Summit. CJ is a Commissioned Addictions Biblical Counselor with The Addiction Connection and also serves on the Board of The Addiction Connection, while he also is Program Director for The Refuge Winterset Iowa. Find more biblical programs at The Addiction Connection website here.
3:15 Thoughts on the news that Oregon voters elected to decriminalize all drugs. Measure 110 in Oregon regarding possession of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and more drugs says that drug possession will not be punishable with jail time.
1 Corinthians 10:23 “All things are lawful,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful,” but not all things build up. 24 Let no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor."
6:20 - CJ gives the background teaching of this chapter of this letter to the Corinthians from Paul.
9:30 - What about the harm for the Homeless population?
11:00 - What should biblical counselors think about this news?
11:46 - What are the two choices this law gives those who are caught with small amounts of street drugs?
13:00 - Sales and distribution of drugs and the law
13:25 - CJ McMurry's personal experience and his thoughts on incarceration for drug usage and dealing.
16:05 - How do we as blood bought believers in Christ respond to this legalization?
17:25 - "A Landmark declaration to stop criminalizing drug use..." said Cassandra Frederick, Drug Policy Alliance Executive Director.
Find genuinely biblical addictions programs for men and for women at The Addiction Connection website here. https://www.theaddictionconnection.org/residential-programs/
https://www.theaddictionconnection.org/non-residential-programs/
