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Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Cultural Update: Risks of Marijuana Use; China Reverses One-Child Policy; AI Podcast Hosts

Think Biblically: Conversations on Faith & Culture

Talbot School of Theology at Biola University / Sean McDowell & Scott Rae

Christian, Talbot, Church, Culture, Biola, Think Biblically, Christianity, Sean Mcdowell, Scott Rae, Religion & Spirituality

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Topics this week: Growing concerns about the rising potency and health risks of marijuana use, with increasing reports of psychosis and addiction.China reverses its one-child policy, now promoting larger families in a dramatic policy shift to combat declining birth rates.AI technology is advancing with automatically-generated podcasts, raising ethical questions about its impact on emotions, information accuracy, and human interaction.Listener questions on the challenges of politics in ch...

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0:00.0

As marijuana use grows, so does its potency and some of the harms that are coming to life.

0:08.0

China has a new policy on families and children, and a new artificial intelligence app that is pretty remarkable and maybe

0:16.9

something else that we ought to think about too. We'll cover these stories and

0:20.4

answer your questions. I'm your host Scott Ray and I'm your co-host

0:23.5

Sean Macau. This is the Think Bibliography weekly cultural update brought to you by

0:27.1

Tabas School of Theology here at Biola University. Sean these are I think

0:31.1

these are some of the best stories we've had in a really long time.

0:34.4

And I'm super excited about getting into these.

0:37.3

Here's the first one of these.

0:38.3

Marijuana use grows in both its frequency and it's easy for you to say and in its intensity.

0:46.0

This is reported in the New York Times on Monday from coast to coast psychiatrists and

0:51.3

physicians are treating rising numbers of people whose use of

0:54.2

marijuana has brought on delusions, paranoia, and other symptoms of psychosis.

1:00.1

And in emergency rooms, small community hospitals and large academic medical centers,

1:05.2

physicians are encountering patients with severe vomiting,

1:08.4

and a potentially devastating condition that was rare, but now they say is rather common.

1:14.0

His marijuana legalization has accelerated across the country.

1:18.0

Doctors are contending now with the effects of an explosion in the use of the drug

1:22.0

and its intensity.

1:25.1

A $33 billion industry, the cannabis industry is turning out a range of

1:28.8

ever expanding cannabis products that are so intoxicating that they bear little resemblance to the marijuana of a generation ago.

1:36.4

Now it's true that tens of millions of Americans use marijuana for recreation or medical purpose,

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