Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s bizarre and factually incorrect video blasts legal weed

Through Johanna Skopl

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist minister, laid out the negative aspects of cannabis in a series of videos posted on the Family Council Action Committee website.

Huckabee said legalizing adult-use cannabis in the state will help drug cartels and make money off “gullible people.”



“Unfortunately, you’re not the one who’s going to make the money, it’s drug cartels,” Huckabee said. “And if you’re one of the people who can sell the drug, maybe you’re making money off the gullible people who somehow convince themselves that it’s perfectly harmless.”

According to the Arkansas Times, Huckabee said the state Supreme Court may have approved the elective title, but that doesn’t mean the judges approve of the substance of the amendment.

The judges “are certainly intelligent people and they know that the only people who will really benefit from this, apart from those who sell it at a high price and make a lot of money, are going to be the people who maybe sell snack foods to get the food.” Satisfying cravings for people who use recreational marijuana,” he continued.

In a second video towards Issue 4, AKA the Arkansas Adult Use Cannabis Amendment features images of the homeless, drug addicts, syringes and statistics on marijuana legal states.

Huckabee happens to be the father of Republican Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who is also opposed to Issue 4.

Responsible Growth Arkansas, the group behind the adult-use cannabis ballot initiative, has appealed to the Arkansas Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners prohibiting the proposed amendment from coming to the November election.

This article originally appeared on Benzinga and has been republished with permission.