The Associated Press offers an Arkansas-pertinent reminder from Pennsylvania — a new medical marijuana state — of an issue already bubbling in Arkansas, soon to be added to the list of states where marijuana is sold legally for medicinal purposes.
Federal law prohibits ownership of guns and ammunition by people who use marijuana. Ownership. This, some contend, means those using medical marijuana must rid themselves of firearms.
Enforcement of the law is, the article notes, murky and complicated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to end the Obama-era policy taking state law into account in enforcing federal marijuana law.
The article notes that use of, or addiction to, alcohol or opioid carries no limitation on gun ownership.