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It's The Wall Builders Show, taken on the hot topics of the day from a biblical, historical, and constitutional perspective.

Rick Green here with David Barton and Tim Barton.

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at wallbuilders. Show. Interesting program today. We're actually going to have an officer from the

Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics. We've talked about this whole marijuana thing getting legalized in

states and the crime that comes with it, all the problems that come with it. Today, we're going to get

some data and some information on what's happened in Oklahoma just in having medical marijuana,

not even having recreational marijuana. So David, Tim, this one's going to be definitely an important

show because there are states that are considering either going to medical marijuana or expanding to recreational marijuana.

Yeah, I was when I read this article and it really got my attention because certainly with what we

do in the policy arena and working with legislators, this has been an issue that has been on our

table for two decades. I mean, this is not a new issue. Marijuana use at a time when it was really

being used in a widespread manner, it goes all the way back to the 70s, but it was not legalized

until much, much, much later. And so we've had enough data since that period of time to know what

happens in the states. You know, Colorado, the first several years that they legalized it.

Man, people did not want to go there to build construction because they couldn't get States, you know, Colorado, the first several years that they legalized it.

Man, people did not want to go there to build construction because they couldn't get workers that weren't high most of the time and the productivity was down.

Their accidents were up.

Everything was bad.

And so we had all these kind of, you know, anecdotal and statistical studies on what happens.

And we've always called it kind of a gateway drug, that it opens the door for so many things. And so when I was looking at

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