CA Police Continue to Raid Illegal Marijuana Stores
News reports once again highlight how authorities in California recently raided several marijuana stores operating illegally in the state.
NBC says, “Even in states where cannabis is legal, a massive black market is growing, with many of these operations run by organized crime rings.”
Over the past decade we have seen how legalization has actually emboldened drug cartels and increased the flow of illegal marijuana across America.
Last year, California’s Unified Cannabis Enforcement Task Force seized 154,000 pounds of illegal marijuana and destroyed some 236,000 illegal marijuana plants.
This month, California shut down “a large-scale illegal indoor cannabis cultivation site located within 100 feet of a school.” Authorities seized more than two and a half tons of illegal marijuana at that location.
Illegal marijuana sales in Nevada reportedly run upwards of $242 million every year in the state.
Illegal marijuana operations often are believed to be tied to labor trafficking and violent crime — contributing to what some have dubbed “modern day slavery on American soil.”
In many states, Chinese organized crime dominates black market marijuana.
The U.S. Department of Justice says Chinese drug cartels may be making millions of dollars from illegal marijuana in Maine, New York, Massachusetts, and elsewhere.
Authorities in Arkansas regularly seize illegal marijuana from states that have legalized the drug.
Legalizing drugs — whether it’s marijuana itself or the THC and other substances extracted from cannabis — has not worked as intended in places like California. Arkansas should think twice before making the same mistake these states have made.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.
Female Athletes Seek to Protect Women’s Sports in Minnesota
Our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom have filed a lawsuit on behalf of Female Athletes United to protect fairness in women’s sports in Minnesota.
Female student athletes in Minnesota have been forced to compete against biological males who identify as transgender.
The lawsuit challenges Minnesota’s decision to let males to compete in women’s sports.
We have written time and time again about how women’s athletics is in jeopardy.
Female swimmers, powerlifters, cyclists, sprinters, volleyball players, and others have seen their sports radically changed by men who claim to be women.
Letting men compete in women’s sports is unfair and reverses more than 50 years of advancements for women. In some cases — as our friends at ADF point out — it can even be dangerous.
Last year the Biden Administration released more than 1,500 pages of new rules drastically reinterpreting federal law to force public schools to let biological males compete in women’s sports and use girls’ locker rooms, showers, and changing areas at school.
In response, people across America — including Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin — filed lawsuits to block the Biden Administration’s new rules, and this year the Trump administration has taken steps to protect female athletes.
All of this reminds us why it is so important that Arkansas passed Act 461 in 2021 to prevent male athletes from competing against girls in women’s athletics at school.
This good law was one of the first of its kind in the nation. To date, some 29 states have passed similar measures protecting fairness in women’s sports.
It’s also worth noting that pollsters at Gallup have found most Americans agree that athletes should compete according to their biological sex — not their gender identity.
We appreciate our friends at Alliance Defending Freedom and our policymakers who work hard to protect fairness in women’s sports both in Arkansas and across the country.
Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.