Thursday, August 29, 2013
Medicine / Arkansas Politics Federal government won't try to interfere with state marijuana laws
Posted By Max Brantley on Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:44 PM
This eliminates another one of the arguments against decrminalization or medical marijuana initiatives in Arkansas.
The group that lost a close vote on medical marijuana in 2012 (48.5 percent approval) has had a revised proposal approved for petitioning for the 2014 ballot. It removes some minor parts that opponents used in 2012, particularly a provision to allow people to grow pot if they lived a long distance from an approved dispensary.
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