Anti-Home School Legislation Defeated in CA
California recently stopped attempts to severely regulate home schoolers. Watch the video below to learn more.
Arkansas Law Enforcement Seize Recreational Marijuana From Other States
Since April 21, the Arkansas Highway Patrol has seized nearly 800 pounds of marijuana at a weigh station along I-40 in Alma, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports.
Authorities believe the marijuana was obtained legally in California or Colorado — where recreational marijuana is legal — before being loaded for illegal transport across state lines.
This is a problem we have discussed in the past. So-called “medical” or “recreational” marijuana is easily diverted to the black market or taken across state lines for sale in states where marijuana is still illegal.
In 2012 authorities concluded Colorado’s “medical” marijuana industry spawned an illegal drug trade, and that “medical” marijuana was being sold illegally in nearly half the country.
There simply are not enough safeguards in place to prevent “medical” and recreational marijuana from falling into the wrong hands or being sold illegally on the black market. That’s why Arkansans need to do as much as possible to protect our state from the dangers that marijuana pose.
Photo by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
Fire Destroys Little Rock Pregnancy Resource Center
A pregnancy resource center in Little Rock was destroyed by fire over the weekend, KATV reports.
Sunday evening an accidental fire engulfed the Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center as a result of maintenance being performed on the roof of the building.
No injuries were reported.
The pregnancy resource center was located directly across the street from Arkansas’ last surgical abortion center.
Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center posted on Facebook that its office will be closed until further notice as a result of the fire, but it will continue assisting women and families through its state-of-the-art mobile unit.
Pregnancy resource centers provide support for young women with unplanned pregnancies. They offer vital resources and empower women to choose an alternative to abortion. They offer pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, adoption information, and many other valuable services — all free of charge.
Learn more about Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center and its services here.
Photo by Jennifer Christman, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.