Governor Asa Hutchinson joined Arkansas Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe and members of the state’s medical community at a news conference expressing their opposition to two November ballot initiatives that would legalize “medical marijuana.” This podcast features the comments of Governor Hutchinson, Dr. Bledsoe and Dr. G. Richard Smith, a practicing psychiatrist and the former dean of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine, as they explain their reasons for urging Arkansans to vote against the proposals.

Greg Bledsoe, M.D.

Surgeon General, Arkansas

G. Richard Smith, M.D.

Former Dean, College of Medicine
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences