The Scott Jennings Podcast HAVE WE GONE TOO FAR WITH MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION? PLUS: WILL TRUMP STRIKE IRAN?
Feb 18, 2026
Erin Houchin, Indiana congresswoman focused on immigration and border policy. Adam Gillette, Accuracy in Media president who investigates DEI tactics at universities. Charles Lehman, Manhattan Institute scholar on crime and drug policy discussing marijuana legalization backlash. They debate rising intensive use, potency, how legalization unfolded, and how institutions are responding.
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Hospital Ends Transgender Services For Minors
- Scott Jennings highlights NYU Langone ending transgender services for minors after federal funding threats.
- He frames this as part of a wider cultural pendulum swing back toward restraint.
Doctors Without Borders Admits Armed Men In Gaza Hospital
- Jennings reports Doctors Without Borders suspended non-critical services at Nasser Hospital citing armed men present.
- He uses that admission to assert Hamas used hospitals as bases in Gaza.
Legalization Created A New Class Of Heavy Users
- Legalizing marijuana has produced a large class of daily, near-daily users who create measurable social harms beyond overdose risk.
- Charles Fain Lehman argues these harms include addiction, accidents, mental-health effects, homelessness, and workforce impairment.