New York Medical Marijuana News Testifying against the bill was Rep. Doug House (R-North Little Rock), the legislature’s de facto point person for most of the marijuana-related legislation this session. House said a prohibition on all smoking was too broad and could cripple the state’s nascent marijuana industry by driving patients into the existent black market.”If we say ‘No smoking wherever tobacco smoking is prohibited,’ Im fine with that,” House said. “But this bill goes one step further.” Governor Hutchinson has said he’s open to the possibility of a ban on smoking marijuana, but that he’s “hesitant” about the idea Another bill sponsored by Sen. Rapert that would have blocked the entire medical marijuana program indefinitely failed for lack of any support on the committee. SB 238 would have delayed implementation of the medical marijuana amendment “until the effective date of the legalization of marijuana in the United States.” Fully contravening the will of Arkansas voters was evidently a bridge too far for the committee. Speaking on SB 357, Rapert said he believes Arkansans were confused about what they were voting for in November. “People that voted for the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, I think they actually thought they were going to be voting on medical marijuana, which we all know is available in the form of Marinol before this amendment ever passed whatsoever. You could get marijuana in pill form before this amendment ever came forward.” The amendment that passed”isnt about medicine at all. Its about basically having a headache Medical marijuana stocks or stumping your toe and getting access to be able to smoke marijuana anywhere you want to,” he declared.

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