Last week the group Protect Arkansas Kids filed campaign paperwork with the state Ethics Commission indicating it would oppose the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2024.
The marijuana amendment by Arkansans for Patient Access would change the state constitution to expand marijuana in the state. The group submitted signatures to place the measure on the ballot last Friday. The Secretary of State is currently reviewing and counting the signatures to determine if they are valid.
If passed, the marijuana amendment would drastically expand marijuana in Arkansas.
The amendment makes it possible for people to grow and use medical marijuana without suffering from a specific medical condition listed in state law.
The measure would give free marijuana cards to immigrants and out-of-state residents who come to Arkansas to use marijuana.
It also would guarantee marijuana growers and sellers a monopoly over the state’s marijuana industry.
The measure also fails to limit the amount of THC that marijuana products can contain, and it repeals restrictions on marijuana advertising.
All of this would lead to more marijuana in the state.
Arkansas voters rejected marijuana legalization at the ballot box in 2022. That amendment was opposed by a broad coalition of churches, business groups, elected officials, and citizens who knew that marijuana would be bad for Arkansas. We anticipate similar opposition to the 2024 marijuana amendment.
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