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Did America’s Founding Fathers Use Marijuana?

Sep 28, 2012Jerry1 CommentMarijuana, NewsMarijuana, Marijuana

An interesting question emerges and re-emerges from time to time on the Internet: Did America’s Founding Fathers use marijuana?

This question is prompted by spurious quotes circulating in chain emails and online forums from America’s founders discussing the manner in which cannabis might be smoked. It gets a tinge of legitimacy by an interesting, if little-known fact: Some of America’s founders apparently grew hemp.

The assumption, obviously, is that if men like George Washington grew hemp—which is a generic term for varieties of the cannabis plant—then they must have smoked it, right? Well, not exactly.

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Court Leaves Marijuana Act on Ballot, Group Vows to Fight It

Sep 27, 2012JerryMarijuana, NewsMarijuana, Marijuana

The following is a press release from the Family Council Action Committee.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

LITTLE ROCK — On Thursday, the Arkansas Supreme Court handed down a decision allowing the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act to remain on the November General Election ballot. The Court denied a request by the Coalition to Preserve Arkansas Values to have the measure removed from the ballot.

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Coalition Files Lawsuit to Remove Marijuana Proposal from Ballot

Aug 31, 2012Jerry3 CommentsMarijuana, NewsMarijuana, Marijuana, News

The following is a press release from Coalition to Preserve Arkansas Values.

The Coalition to Preserve Arkansas Values filed a lawsuit with the Arkansas Supreme Court today, asking the court to remove a medical marijuana proposal from the November ballot. Coalition members include Larry Page of the Arkansas Faith and Ethics Council, Jerry Cox of the Family Council Action Committee, Bill Wheeler and Alan Talburt of Families First Foundation, and Bob Hester of the Arkansas Family Coalition.

Jerry Cox, President of Family Council Action Committee and one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, issued a statement saying that the ballot proposal is legally insufficient.

“This ballot proposal is one hundred percent illegal under federal law,” Cox said. “Marijuana is illegal because of federal statute passed by Congress. Only the federal government can change that. The Arkansas Constitution and the United States Constitution both prevent Arkansas from passing laws that blatantly defy federal law.”

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