Family Council Estimates As Many As One In Ten Voters in March Primary Saw Guide

Family Council estimates it distributed enough copies of its 2024 Arkansas Voter’s Guide in print and online to reach one in ten voters who participated in the March primary elections.

Since 1990, the Arkansas Voter’s Guide has been one of the most important services we provide.

We survey the candidates on issues voters care about — like abortion, education, and so on — and we publish their survey responses in print and online at ArkansasVotersGuide.com.

Our guide is nonpartisan. It doesn’t favor one candidate over another, and we don’t use it to make endorsements. It’s strictly a tool that voters can use to learn more about where their candidates stand.

Since February, Family Council distributed more than 27,000 printed copies of the Arkansas Voter’s Guide to likely voters statewide and directed thousands of people to ArkansasVotersGuide.com to view candidate surveys online.

Most of the printed guides went to couples, families, and churches across the state — meaning each copy likely was shared and used by more than one person.

Altogether, our team estimates that Family Council’s voter’s guide may have reached one out of every ten voters who participated in the March 5 primaries.

We want to thank everyone who helped make the Arkansas Voter’s Guide so successful during the 2024 spring primaries.

We look forward to distributing thousands more voter’s guides ahead of the General Election this November.

Marijuana Users Face High Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke: New Study

Research continues to show that marijuana use may significantly raise the risk of heart attack or stroke.

A study published last month in the Journal of the American Heart Association found daily marijuana users had a 25% higher risk of heart attack and a 42% higher risk of stroke compared to non-users.

Research continues to underscore that marijuana use is dangerous.

Study after study shows marijuana use is associated with lung problemsheart attack, and stroke.

One study found marijuana users face a 60% higher risk of first-time heart attack, stroke, or other major cardiovascular problem.

A 2022 study published in the journal of the Radiological Society of North America found marijuana smoke may actually be more harmful to lungs than cigarette smoke.

Marijuana users face also an increased risk of ingesting heavy metals and other toxins found in or on marijuana plants.

Heavy marijuana use has also been linked to psychosis — especially among young men.

This latest medical research comes as a proposed marijuana amendment is vying for the 2024 ballot in Arkansas.

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.