Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment

Arkansans have been under the influence of medical marijuana, legally, since 2016. In 2016, Arkansas voters approved the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment with 53 percent of the vote. The amendment to the state constitution allows patients who have a doctor’s …

(KARK) More than two years after Arkansas voters passed medical marijuana, the state’s growers released their timelines for when the product could become available to patients. The Medical Marijuana Commission heard from the five cultivation facilities for the first time at its …

Smart Approaches to Marijuana (SAM), an anti-marijuana public interest group, has announced a new Marijuana Accountability Project. According to a press release from SAM, funding for the project has already exceeded $1 million, and continues to increase from contributions. The …

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday he’s looking at an effort to legalize a limited form of marijuana for patients if two medical pot proposals fail in next month’s election, but has questions about how the alternate proposal would comply with federal law. …

Thursday, Arkansans Against Legalized Marijuana reported raising $47,200 during the month of September to aid in their struggle to strike the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment from the November ballot. Notable donors included ASAPAC, Arkansas Farm Bureau Association and the Arkansas …