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The Real Cost of Legal Weed

Sep 25, 2025Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

Pennsylvania Family Council recently released a video highlighting various news stories about the dangers of marijuana and its legalization.

Instead of decreasing crime, marijuana legalization has actually emboldened drug cartels and increased the flow of illegal drugs across America — including Arkansas.

And a growing body of scientific evidence reveals that marijuana is harmful — from deadly heart problems like heart attack, heart failure, and stroke — to cancers, paranoia, memory loss, schizophrenia, and other serious problems.

You can watch the video below.

Ohio Sees More Calls to Poison Control Following Marijuana Legalization

Sep 23, 2025Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

Marijuana edibles have led to a spike in Poison Control Center calls in Ohio, according to news reports and medical experts.

Ohio legalized marijuana in 2023. The Columbus Dispatch reports that cases of children 12 and under exposed to marijuana increased by 52% the following year — primarily involving edibles.

Dr. Eric Ligotski at Akron Children’s Hospital recently co-authored a six-year study examining the impact of marijuana edibles. His research found calls to Ohio’s Poison Control Center for cannabis intoxication rose significantly — especially among children ages zero to five years old.

These findings track with data from other states.

Earlier this year, medical professionals in Connecticut reported that marijuana is sending children to the E.R. and prompting people to call Poison Control.

North Carolina released a report showing a surge in Poison Control calls about children exposed to THC — the primary psychoactive substance in marijuana.

Public health officials in Washington State have made similar findings.

In fact, a study from Oregon Health and Sciences University found poison center calls due to children exposed to marijuana rose 245% from 2000 – 2020.

Marijuana edibles often mimic popular candies that appeal to children. But because marijuana edibles often contain high concentrations of THC, the products are dangerous.

Lawmakers in Arkansas have taken steps to restrict marijuana edibles under the state’s “medical” marijuana program, and state law prohibits dangerous products containing THC made from industrial hemp.

From deadly heart disease and cancer to stroke, mental illness, and birth defects, marijuana has been found time and time again to pose serious health hazards.

And instead of decreasing crime, marijuana legalization has actually emboldened drug cartels and increased the flow of illegal drugs across America.

All of this simply 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.

Court Records Shed Light On Illicit Marijuana’s Connection to Organized Crime

Sep 18, 2025Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

Newly unsealed court records shed light on illicit marijuana’s connection to organized crime.

We have written repeatedly about how marijuana’s legalization has actually emboldened drug cartels in many states. The DOJ has said organized crime from Mexico and China may be making millions of dollars from black market marijuana in states like California, Maine, New York, and Massachusetts.

Fox 23 News in Maine reports that newly unsealed court records shed light on the extent of the problem in rural areas of that state, writing:

The federal government started cracking down on illegal marijuana grows after a leaked federal memo, first obtained by the conservative Daily Caller and published August 2023, estimated that Maine had as many as 270 large-scale illegal marijuana grows connected to organized crime groups in China.

Thousands of pounds of marijuana have been seized in the years since. In July seven people were charged in what prosecutors describe as a multimillion-dollar illegal marijuana growing, human trafficking and money laundering operation in Maine and Massachusetts.

Authorities in Arkansas routinely seize illegal marijuana from Oklahoma and other states along Arkansas’ highways.

Some of these marijuana operations are tied to labor trafficking, violent crime, and foreign adversaries.

NPR has reported that illegal immigrants from China “are taking jobs at hundreds of cannabis farms springing up across the U.S.” Other correspondents have revealed how these illegal marijuana operations contribute to “modern day slavery on American soil.”

All of this simply further underscores how 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.