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Editorial Board at Arkansas’ Largest Newspaper Opposes Marijuana Issue 4

Oct 17, 2022Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

On Monday the editorial board at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette released an editorial against Issue 4, the marijuana amendment.

The editorial posed a straightforward question: Will marijuana fix what’s wrong in Arkansas? The answer, the editors argued, is No.

Among other things, the editors noted that Little Rock is experiencing a crime wave, ACT scores in Arkansas have fallen, and children aren’t reading at grade level. “Will legalizing marijuana fix that?” the editors ask.

After addressing several arguments in favor of marijuana legalization, the editorial concludes, “Will marijuana fix what’s wrong in Arkansas? If your answer is no, then please vote that way on Nov. 8.”

Read The Editorial Here.

Pro-Marijuana Group Refuses to Stop Using Ads Featuring LRPD Officers Despite Letter From City Attorney

Oct 13, 2022Jerry CoxMarijuana, VideoMarijuana, Video

Responsible Growth Arkansas — the group behind marijuana Issue 4 — has refused to stop using a set of advertisements that feature footage of Little Rock Police Department officers.

Little Rock City Attorney Tom Carpenter recently sent Responsible Growth Arkansas a cease and desist letter asking the group to stop using the ads, because the ads included footage of LRPD officers without the department’s knowledge or consent.

An attorney for Responsible Growth Arkansas reportedly told the city “we see no legal basis for the demand that RGA [Responsible Growth Arkansas] cease and desist from further use of this video.”

Watch this video to learn more.

Recreational Marijuana Supporters Campaign Against Marijuana Issue 4

Oct 12, 2022Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

The following is a press release from Family Council Action Committee.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Little Rock — On Wednesday marijuana advocate Melissa Fults hosted a press conference opposing marijuana Issue 4 at the Arkansas Capitol Building. Fults is a firm supporter of medical and recreational marijuana in Arkansas, but said she strongly opposes Issue 4.

In a statement, Fults said, “Issue 4 lets a greedy monopoly control marijuana in Arkansas. The way this measure distributes cultivator and dispensary licenses, the entire cannabis industry could be owned by as few as four to eight people who may not even live in Arkansas. That isn’t right.”

Fults pointed out that Issue 4 fails to expunge criminal records for drug offenders. “Issue 4 doesn’t expunge marijuana convictions. Growers will be making millions of dollars, and it will be legal for consumers to use marijuana, but the people whose lives have been ruined by marijuana convictions will continue to have their lives ruined by that criminal record.”

Fults said Issue 4 affects much more than recreational marijuana. “Under Issue 4, the same monopoly that controls marijuana cultivation would control hemp and CBD production as well. Issue 4’s definition of cannabis fails to exclude industrial hemp and CBD oil. This would take away hemp farmers’ licenses and put CBD stores out of business. Other states excluded hemp from their recreational cannabis laws, but Issue 4 fails to do that.”

Fults was joined by Family Council Action Committee Executive Director Jerry Cox, a longtime marijuana opponent. Cox released a statement, saying, “I’m pleased to be part of a bipartisan effort against marijuana amendment Issue 4. This amendment was cooked up by industry insiders from out of state. It writes a marijuana monopoly into our constitution. Issue 4 is the kind of swamp politics that Arkansans are sick of. Voters need to understand that even if you support marijuana legalization, Issue 4 isn’t the way to go.”

Family Council Action Committee is a conservative 501(c)(4) public policy organization based in Little Rock with a mission of promoting, protecting, and strengthening traditional family values in the political arena.

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