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Bill Would Address Problem With Marijuana Advertising

Feb 2, 2021Jerry CoxLegislation, Legislature, MarijuanaArkansas Legislature, Marijuana

On Monday Rep. Delia Haak (R – Gentry) filed H.B. 1353 closing a loophole in Arkansas’ law governing advertising for “medical” marijuana.

Arkansas law generally prohibits marijuana dispensaries and cultivators from using medical symbols on their property.

However, state law doesn’t clearly apply to other forms of marijuana advertising. As a result, billboards and ads for marijuana products around Arkansas sometimes use green crosses or other medical symbols.

H.B. 1353 clarifies the law to say that marijuana dispensaries and cultivators cannot use a cross of any color or other symbols commonly associated with the practice of medicine in their advertisements.

This is a good bill that closes a loophole in Arkansas’ marijuana laws.

You can read H.B. 1353 here.

And Yet Another Study Shows Marijuana Is Dangerous

Jan 28, 2021John StonestreetMarijuanaMarijuana

*John Stonestreet, Radio Host and President of the Colson Center for Christian Worldview.*

An oft-repeated line from advocates in and out of American politics is that marijuana, unlike opioids or cocaine, is a “safe drug.” Every campaign to legalize its sale and use repeats this claim. But it’s not true.

A study just published in JAMA Pediatrics found that heavy cannabis use among adolescents and young adults with mood disorders is “associated with an elevated risk of self-harm, overall mortality, and death by unintentional overdose and homicide.”

Making this finding even more significant and ominous is the fact that mood disorders have risen significantly over the past decade among younger Americans.

According to the study’s author, a first step is to educate parents and kids about the risks. That’s true, but we also need to educate politicians and voters that promises of financial windfalls won’t somehow make pot safe, and it’s not the government’s job to incentivize risky behaviors for financial gain.

State Budget Appropriation Includes $7.5M for Medical Marijuana Program

Jan 26, 2021Jerry CoxMarijuanaMarijuana

The latest budget proposals at the Arkansas Legislature include $7.5 million to fund Arkansas’ medical marijuana program.

Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas don’t generate enough tax revenue to fund the program. As a result, the state is millions of dollars in the hole on marijuana.

Watch this video to learn more.