Marijuana Cultivators in Arkansas Face Class Action RICO Lawsuit

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On July 12, three Arkansas residents filed a class action complaint in federal court in Little Rock against a group of medical marijuana cultivators and a marijuana testing company.

The complaint alleges that Natural State Medicinals (NSMC-OPCO LLC), Bold Team LLC, and Osage Creek Cultivation falsely labeled the marijuana they cultivated by overstating the amount of THC in their marijuana products.

The complaint also alleges that Steep Hill — a marijuana testing company — “routinely overstates the amount of THC in its [marijuana] flower” that it tests.

Arkansas’ medical marijuana amendment requires marijuana sold in the state to be tested. The complaint alleges that the defendants conspired to falsify the marijuana lab results.

The suit was filed under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, a federal anti-racketeering law, and it requests a trial by jury in the case.

In 2018 the state’s Medical Marijuana Commission authorized Natural State Medicinals, Bold Team LLC, and Osage Creek Cultivation to grow marijuana in Arkansas.

According to reports filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission, Bold Team LLC and Osage Creek Cultivators have donated $700,000 each toward the campaign to legalize marijuana in Arkansas. Natural State Medicinals has donated $350,000.

Read the Class Action RICO Complaint Here.

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Group Gathers Nearly 200,000 Signatures to Place Recreational Marijuana Measure on November Ballot

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On Friday the group Responsible Growth Arkansas submitted nearly 200,000 petition signatures to place a recreational marijuana amendment on the state’s General Election ballot this November.

Responsible Growth Arkansas is running a multi-million dollar campaign to legalize marijuana in Arkansas.

The group’s effort appears to be bankrolled largely by the marijuana industry.

Researchers have found time and again that marijuana is dangerous.

Legalizing marijuana has been tied to traffic deaths.

Scientists have linked marijuana use with violence, psychosis, schizophrenia, memory impairment, depression, and suicide.

Candy laced with marijuana is harming children.

A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal last year found frequent marijuana use was associated with heart attack.

A recent study out of California found infants were 35% more likely to die within a year of birth if their mother used marijuana heavily; the study also found that infants were more likely to be born preterm, have a low birth weight, and be small for their gestational age.

A report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that states that legalized commercial marijuana sales saw self-harm rates rise by 46% among men ages 21 to 39.

The list goes on and on and on.

All of this underscores what we have said for years: Marijuana may be many things, but “harmless” simply is not one of them.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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