Two new studies show the ill effects of marijuana on young people as emergency room visits are increasing.

Australia implements the first nationwide ban on social media for those under 16.

What do studies reveal about the spiritual impact of Charlie Kirk's death over the past three months, and a major AI conference is flooded

with peer reviews written fully by AI.

These are the stories we will discuss, and we also take some of your excellent questions.

I'm your host, Sean McDowell.

I'm your co-host, Scott Ray.

This is the Think Biblically Weekly Cultural Update, brought to by Talp School Theology, Bio University.

Scott, you were laughing as I read the AI story, which we're saving for last.

You can't make some of this stuff up as good as it happens in real life.

You seriously can't.

That's for sure.

So we're saving it for last, which is part of the fun.

But this first one

is an article that grabbed my attention this week because it's from the editorial board at the

wall street journal and the title is creative it says potheads head for the emergency room now they

share what they call surprising political news.

And by the way, this might be surprising political, but the results are not surprising

to me or anybody who's been paying attention, not driven by a particular worldview,

over the past few decades.

So a referendum campaign is gaining support in Massachusetts, of all places to reverse the state's 2016 legalization of recreational marijuana.

Not coincidentally, two new studies report a surge in young pot users showing up at emergency rooms.

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