Arkansas Rejects Ballot Measure to Legalize Marijuana
by Amy Wilding-Fox
Almost 56 percent of the voters in Arkansas decided to vote no on Issue 4, the marijuana legalization ballot question. This initiative would have created a heavily taxed and regulated recreational cannabis system built on the existing medical marijuana licensed facilities in the state and would have banned any home cultivation. Party lines were drawn, with team blue in support and team red opposed. Several other petition groups failed to gather enough signatures, and may have deflated activists’ enthusiasm.
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