Family Council Releases Voter’s Guide Ahead of 2018 Election

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK.—On Thursday Family Council released its voter’s guide for the 2018 Arkansas General Election.

Family Council President Jerry Cox released a statement, saying, “I am pleased to announce the 2018 Arkansas Voter’s Guide from Family Council is available. We surveyed candidates for state and federal office. We asked them to respond to ten survey questions and three short answer questions covering everything from abortion and marriage to economics and gun legislation. This will help voters understand where candidates stand on a wide variety of issues.”

Cox said the 2018 Arkansas Voter’s Guide includes summaries of all five issues that will appear on the November ballot as well. “Ballot proposals often get overlooked, but they’re very important. Candidates come up for re-election time and again, but if a ballot proposal passes, it rarely appears on the ballot again. It becomes a permanent part of the Arkansas Constitution or Arkansas law. It’s important that voters understand the proposals they are being asked to vote on. We believe the 2018 Arkansas Voter’s Guide helps them do that.”

Cox noted the 2018 Arkansas Voter’s Guide is nonpartisan and free to anyone who requests a copy of it. “We want to help Arkansans cast informed votes. The Arkansas Voter’s Guide does not favor one candidate over another. Family Council does not endorse candidates. We simply ask the candidates where they stand on issues Arkansans care about, and then we share the candidates’ responses with voters. We also have included contact information voters can use to contact candidates who chose not to complete our survey. Anyone can request copies of the Arkansas Voter’s Guide. All they have to do is call our office in Little Rock at (501) 375-7000, and we will send them as many guides as they need. Voters also can see candidates’ survey responses online at www.ArkansasVotersGuide.com.”

Family Council is a conservative education and research organization based in Little Rock.

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Marijuana Traffic Deaths Up 151% in Colorado: Official Report

Marijuana

This month the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area released an official report regarding the effects marijuana legalization has had on Colorado.

The report found that since Colorado legalized marijuana in 2012:

  • Traffic fatalities have risen 35% statewide
  • Marijuana-related traffic deaths have risen 151% statewide

The report also found that more than one in five Colorado traffic deaths was marijuana-related in 2017, and the annual rate of emergency room visits related to marijuana has increased 52%.

Colorado now ranks third in the nation for marijuana use among those ages 12 and older, confirming the notion that marijuana legalization encourages youth to use marijuana as well.

The report also indicated marijuana sales on the black market have increased since the state legalized recreational marijuana.

The number of highway seizures of marijuana by authorities in Colorado rose from an average of 242 seizures from 2009-2012 to an average of 336 seizures from 2013-2017.

As we have noted in the past, marijuana continues to be sold on the black market by those wishing to evade taxes and other regulations. Marijuana in Colorado also is being smuggled illegally into other states. All of this underscores that legalizing marijuana does not put a stop to crimes associated with marijuana.

As we have said time and time again, marijuana may be many things, but harmless simply is not one of them.

Photo by My 420 Tours [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons.

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