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Benton City Council Places Moratorium on “Medical Marijuana”

Jul 26, 2017Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

Monday night the Benton City Council voted to place a 90-day moratorium on marijuana businesses while the city council examines its options regarding zoning and regulating marijuana facilities.

KATV writes,

[Benton Mayor] Mattingly says he would rather the facilities not come to Benton period.

“I would rather not have one just to be quite honest with you,” said Mattingly. “I think it’s going to be a new and challenging thing, but it’s not going to be easy for anyone both in law enforcement and the public to accept.”

Mattingly says only one person has contacted the city expressing interest in opening a medical marijuana facility.

This report comes on the heals of a decision by the Hot Springs City Board of Directors to pass a resolution in favor of marijuana businesses.

Marijuana is a blight on the community. Fortunately, Benton’s leadership seems to recognize that.

A.G. Rutledge Rejects Yet Another Recreational Marijuana Proposal

Jul 24, 2017Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

Last Friday Attorney General Leslie Rutledge rejected yet another recreational marijuana proposal.

The ballot measure was submitted by a man from West Fork. It would have let anyone 18 or older grow, possess, buy, sell, and use marijuana.

The A.G.’s office rejected the proposal, citing ambiguities in the ballot title.

This is at least the sixth recreational marijuana proposal Attorney General Rutledge has rejected in the past two months. Proponents of recreational marijuana seem bound and determined to place a measure on the ballot as soon as possible.

As we keep saying: So-called “medical marijuana” is just a stepping stone. The endgame for marijuana’s supporters is – and always has been – full legalization of marijuana.

You can read the A.G.’s entire opinion here.

Hot Springs Embracing Marijuana Industry

Jul 24, 2017Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

The Hot Springs Board of Directors recently passed a resolution welcoming marijuana businesses to the community.

The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record writes,

The city said Tuesday’s resolution serves to counter impressions Hot Springs is unwelcoming to the new enterprise. Data from the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement shows 25,537 Garland County residents have a condition that qualifies for medical marijuana treatment.

If those numbers are accurate, then more than 26% of Garland County’s population (96,954) could smoke marijuana. It underscores just how broad Arkansas’ marijuana amendment really is.

It’s an indictment of the leadership in Hot Springs that they can think of no better way to “welcome new enterprise” than to embrace the marijuana industry.