NORTHWEST ARKANSAS - Your right to bear arms in Arkansas could be taken away if you apply for a medical marijuana card. According to the Arkansas Department of Health, you can't have both a medical marijuana card and legally own a gun because pot is still illegal on the federal level. <\/p>\n
Robert Reed, a Navy Veteran who served his country for 16 year, suffers PTSD along medical conditions which medical marijuana would help. <\/p>\n
Reed said, \"I will not apply for a med license, and risk my livelihood and my safety.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Arkansas Department of Health said a question they get all the time is whether or not you can own a gun and possess a medical marijuana ID card. Since prescription pot is a Schedule 1 controlled substance, under federal law, you can't own a gun legally. And federal law supersedes state law. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\"If they're a user of marijuana, although legal in Arkansas, it's still illegal on the federal level,\" explained Robert Brech with Arkansas Department of Health. \"It's very clear you cannot be a marijuana user, and pass that check.\" <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Reed, and other veterans who fought for Constitutional rights, will not apply for their medical marijuana cards due to putting the freedom they fought for at risk. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\"You've got a law that outlaws the people that defended your right to make a law that puts me in jail,\" said Reed. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\"You won't be denied the medical marijuana card. There's actually a provision in the Constitutional amendment that you can't be denied a license. So they may continue to give a conceal carry license to someone. It's really a problem at the federal level, not the state level,\" explained Brech. <\/p>\n
\"How can I have health and freedom by giving up a right? I can't,\" said Reed. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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