(AP) – Arkansas voters have handed marijuana advocates a
significant victory by making the state the first in the Bible Belt to legalize
the drug for medical use, and groups on both sides of the issue are now gearing
up for fights over how to set up the program in the coming months.
The medical marijuana proposal was narrowly approved Tuesday despite
opposition of several powerful industry groups and the state’s Republican
governor, who once served as head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. The
move came four years after a similar measure failed at the ballot box.
Opponents vowed to keep pushing for legislation or regulations to limit the
measure, even as the state faces a June 2017 deadline to start taking
applications for dispensaries that will sell the drug.
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