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Arkansas: Deadline Passes For Marijuana Proposals

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/09/2016 - 09:03

You've probably seen them around town asking you to sign their petitions.

Wednesday marked a deadline for various efforts to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use in Arkansas.

Proposals must have been advertised in newspapers statewide or they are disqualified.

Three ballot initiatives announced Wednesday they made the cut.

"I just think the people of Arkansas need to be able to have a choice of the medicines they use," said Gary Fults, a supporter of the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act.  

It would allow doctors to recommend marijuana for 56 qualifying conditions.
    
There would be a minimum of 39 dispensaries and grow centers which would be regulated by the Department of Health.

"There are a lot of medical conditions that there can really be no question that this really helps people," said attorney David Couch, who is pushing an alternate plan called the Arkansas Medical...

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