Arkansas governor: Medical marijuana would hurt state's businesses

[TexasTowelie]

LITTLE ROCK — Arkansas' governor and lieutenant governor say legalizing medical marijuana would hurt the state's efforts to attract businesses, targeting two proposals on the November ballot they say would prevent companies from being able to enforce drug-free workplaces.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson and Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin on Wednesday were joined by business leaders as they criticized two proposals going before voters that would allow patients with certain medical conditions to buy marijuana from dispensaries. Arkansas voters narrowly rejected legalizing medical marijuana four years ago.

The two Republicans say the proposal will make it difficult to attract companies that want a drug-free workforce. Both measures prohibit employers from hiring or firing someone for being a medical marijuana patient, but don't require employers to allow workers to use medical marijuana on the job.

http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/sep/28/arkansas-governor-medical-marijuana-would-hurt-sta/?latest (short article)

[forest444]

1. Funny. Hutchinson didn't seem to see cocaine that way as a DA in the Iran Contra years.

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2014/01/15/did-asa-hutchinson-facilitate-drug-traffic-into-the-us-from-mexico

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Hate to tell ya, but there's a whole lot of reasons businesses don't

want to locate here. Medical marijuana isn't one of them.