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Arkansas attorney general rejects marijuana ballot initiative language

Arkansas attorney general rejects marijuana ballot initiative language

Arkansas cannabis advocates are going back to the drawing board after the state’s attorney general rejected the most recent proposed language for a ballot initiative that would increase access to medical marijuana and trigger adult-use legalization if federal reform occurs.

According to the Arkansas Advocate, Attorney General Tim Griffin decided that the ballot’s title, Arkansas Medical Cannabis Amendment of 2024, wasn’t formatted properly and was too ambiguous.

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“My decision to certify or reject a popular name and ballot title is unrelated to my view of the proposed measure’s merits,” Griffin wrote in his decision.

“I am not authorized to consider the measure’s merits when considering certification.”

The measure, which the Advocate reported is backed by the medical marijuana industry, would have:

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