“Medical” Marijuana Amendment Doesn’t Seem to be About Medicine

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An effort is underway to drastically expand “medical” marijuana in Arkansas.

Arkansans for Patient Access is promoting the Arkan­sas Med­ical Marijuana Amend­ment of 2024. The measure rewrites much of the “medical” marijuana amendment that Arkansas enacted in 2016.

Ironically, this new “medical” marijuana amendment would let people use “medical” marijuana without suffering from a specific medical condition listed in state law.

The amendment would repeal state laws and regulations that protect children from marijuana marketing.

The measure would give free marijuana cards to immigrants and people from out of state who travel to Arkansas to use marijuana.

The amendment also guarantees marijuana industry insiders a monopoly over Arkansas’ marijuana industry, and it fails to limit the amount of THC that marijuana products can contain.

We have seen time and again in other states how legalizing marijuana doesn’t weaken the black market, and it doesn’t alleviate the opioid crisis. If anything, it makes those problems worse.

Family Council Action Committee has materials available for volunteers and churches regarding the marijuana amendment:

You can learn more at FamilyCouncilActionCommittee.com.

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Arkansas State Police Seize Illegal Fentanyl, Marijuana from Out of State

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On Monday the Arkansas State Police announced troopers seizes thousands of illegal Fentanyl pills along with illegal marijuana from out of state during a traffic stop.

In a press release, authorities said,

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at approximately 2 p.m., Arkansas State Police (ASP) conducted a traffic stop on a 2024 White Nissan Altima near the 3-mile marker on Interstate 40 eastbound. During a search of the vehicle, Troopers discovered approximately 7,000 pills of Fentanyl,18 pints of promethazine/codeine syrup and illegal marijuana.

ASP took the driver and the passenger into custody. The two individuals told investigators they were traveling from Riverside, Calif., to Memphis, Tenn.

We have seen time and again in other states how legalizing marijuana doesn’t weaken the black market, and it doesn’t alleviate the opioid crisis. If anything, it makes those problems worse.

Right now the group Arkansans for Patient Access is actively working to drastically expand marijuana in Arkansas.

If passed, the amendment would give free marijuana cards to immigrants and out-of-state residents who come to Arkansas to use marijuana.

The amendment would guarantee marijuana growers and sellers a monopoly over the state’s marijuana industry.

Marijuana users would no longer need to show they suffer from a specific medical condition listed in state law — making it easier to use marijuana recreationally.

The measure also fails to limit the amount of THC that marijuana products can contain, and it repeals restrictions on marijuana advertising.

All of this would lead to more marijuana in the state.

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