Arkansas House OKs Delay to Medical Marijuana Program
The Arkansas House voted Tuesday to delay the launch of the state’s voter-approved medical marijuana program and ease a restriction on doctors who certify a patient is eligible to use the drug.
The bills are among the first of several that lawmakers are expected to take up in the coming weeks as they implement the constitutional amendment that legalizes cannabis for Arkansas residents with certain medical conditions.
The delay proposal, approved on a 91-0 vote, would give state agencies until early May rather than March to finalize the rules. It will also move the state’s deadline to begin accepting applications for dispensaries and cultivation facilities to July 1, rather than June 1.
“They can pass a rule overnight, but you won’t get public input, you won’t get public participation, mistakes will be made,” Republican Rep. Douglas House said before the vote.
The lawyer who spearheaded the medical cannabis campaign said he didn’t...
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