Poll shows Arkansas voters split over medical pot plan

     A new poll shows Arkansas voters were sharply divided
over a medical marijuana proposal before the state Supreme Court disqualified a
competing measure from the ballot.
     The University of Arkansas' annual Arkansas Poll released Wednesday shows that
49 percent of respondents who identified themselves as very likely voters
support Issue 6, which would let patients with certain conditions buy marijuana
from licensed dispensaries. Forty-seven percent opposed it, and 4 percent didn't
know or refused to answer.
     Arkansas voters narrowly defeated a similar proposal four years ago.
     The poll surveyed 800 Arkansans between Oct. 18 and Oct. 27, the day the state
Supreme Court struck a competing medical marijuana proposal known as Issue 7.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.1 points for very likely
voters.