Content Tagged 'Medical Marijuana'

The chairman of the ballot question committee Arkansans for Medical Cannabis has filed a writ petition against Attorney General Dustin McDaniel.

Less than a decade ago, Arkansas residents couldn't play video poker, take part in a church raffle or make marks on a bingo card for their favorite charity. In another sign of the state's cultural shift, voters Tuesday are considering whether to let certain medical patients buy marijuana to ease their symptoms.

The company that produces medical marijuana vending machines sued Family Council Action Committee and Jerry Cox on Friday for defamation, negligence and trademark violations related to a press conference earlier this week.  |   Medbox vs Family Council Action Commitee & Jerry Cox (710.9KB)

Dozens of doctors from around Arkansas are backing a proposal that would make the state the first in the South to legalize medical marijuana.

A group of Arkansas doctors are speaking out against the effort to legalize "medical marijuana" at the ballot box. However, the Arkansas Medical Society is not standing by them.

The leader of a group that wants a ballot measure to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas says the organization has submitted enough signatures to get on the November ballot.

Arkansas Secretary of State Mark Martin has asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss him from a lawsuit challenging a medical marijuana proposal.

A coalition seeking to have a medical marijuana proposal struck from Arkansas' November ballot told the state Supreme Court on Friday that backers didn't do enough to make sure voters know medical marijuana users could still face prosecution under federal law if the measure passes.

Talk show host Montel Williams on Thursday accused opponents of an Arkansas ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana of resorting to "racist" imagery with a television ad featuring an African-American actor portraying a drug dealer.

A group trying to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas called on the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a push to keep its proposal off the ballot, saying they believe it accurately describes how the law would change if voters approved the measure.

Medical marijuana supporters are scrambling to collect an additional 26,012 signatures needed to get the petition on the November ballot.

The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a proposed ballot measure that, if successful, would make the state the first in the South to legalize medical marijuana.

Governor Mike Beebe told reporters Tuesday he would not support a proposed initiated act to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas if it makes the November ballot.