Family Council Says Medical Marijuana Proposals Are Pretext For Recreational, Plans Fall Campaign : ualrpublicradio

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Family Council Says Medical Marijuana Proposals Are Pretext For Recreational, Plans Fall Campaign

Family Council Says Medical Marijuana Proposals Are Pretext For Recreational, Plans Fall Campaign

One of the key opposition groups that helped narrowly defeat a medical marijuana measure in 2012 is gearing up to do the same this fall.The Family Council Action Committee outlined its arguments and announced its intention to launch an active campaign at the state Capitol on Thursday.Family Council's director Jerry Cox laid forth the crux of his argument against the two medical marijuana ballot measures, "These measures are simply recreational marijuana masquerading as medicine."He argued that the sponsor of the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act, Melissa Fults, and the sponsor of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, David Couch, are deliberately trying to deceive voters for what he claims is their goal of legalizing recreational marijuana.


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GOP Senator Backing Medical Marijuana Amendment

GOP Senator Backing Medical Marijuana Amendment

A Republican state lawmaker has come out in support of a medical marijuana ballot initiative.Florida voters will decide on the measure this November.When medical marijuana activists put their initiative on the 2014 ballot, Republican state lawmakers were lukewarm if not outright hostile.


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Another Hitch In The Plans For Medical Marijuana In Md. « CBS Baltimore

Another Hitch In The Plans For Medical Marijuana In Md. « CBS Baltimore

ANNAPOLIS, Md.(WJZ) — There's another hitch in the plans for medical marijuana in Maryland.The Medical Cannabis Commission has given preliminary approval to 15 applicants to grow and process marijuana, but none of the women and minority applicants were chosen.