On Thursday, the Arkansas Supreme Court released a ruling saying a proposed constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in the state will be allowed on the November ballot. Shortly afterwards, the Arkansas Board of Corrections announced its unanimous opposition to the proposed amendment.
Chairman Benny Magness of Gassville says one of the reasons the board is against the measure is the members’ belief that it shouldn’t be a constitutional amendment.
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Magness says there are other reasons the board is against the legalization of recreational marijuana.
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Magness goes on to call the claim that the state’s prisons are full of inmates incarcerated on marijuana charges a myth. He says other narcotics, including methamphetamine and cocaine, are filling up the beds at the state’s correction centers at a higher rate than marijuana.
Magness adds a reminder that medical marijuana has been legal in Arkansas since the voters approved it in 2016.
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Voters will decide on the proposed amendment in the general election Nov. 8.
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