by - January 18, 2017 3:39 pm
Two bills related to medicinal marijuana passed the Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee Wednesday (Jan. 18), a day after both passed the full House of Representatives. Also, bills…
by - January 17, 2017 5:52 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives passed two bills changing the state’s medical marijuana amendment Tuesday, including narrowly passing one change the bills’ sponsor said was necessary to ensure physicians would…
by - January 11, 2017 6:31 pm
The first two pieces of legislation related to the state’s newly passed Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment passed the House Rules Committee Wednesday (Jan. 11), including one extending the time for…
by - December 20, 2016 7:48 pm
The state initially will grant licenses to five marijuana cultivation facilities, one for each of its five public health regions, the newly formed Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission decided Tuesday. The…
by - December 19, 2016 10:14 am
In setting up the state’s system for medical marijuana, legislators are grappling with “about 135 issues, and that’s a real number” that must be clarified or modified through legislation, according…
by - December 12, 2016 5:12 pm
The members of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission on Monday (Dec. 12) had their first meeting, took an oath, elected a chairperson, heard a couple of brief presentations, and decided…
by - November 10, 2016 7:00 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s to-do list added a big item: Implement laws and regulations legalizing medical marijuana, and do it quickly. Arkansas voters Tuesday passed the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment, 53-47%….
by - October 31, 2016 6:36 pm
Editor’s note: Justin Allen is a partner with the Little Rock-based law firm of Wright Lindsey Jennings. He leads the firm’s governmental relations group. Opinions, commentary and other essays posted…
by - October 27, 2016 10:49 am
Editor’s note: Story updated to include reaction from Arkansans for Compassionate Care, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Conner Eldridge. –––––––––––––––––––––––– The Arkansas Supreme Court in a 5-2…
by - October 19, 2016 2:26 pm
Members of the law enforcement community Wednesday (Oct. 19) expressed their opposition to two measures on the November ballot that would legalize medical marijuana, with the president of the Arkansas…
by - October 14, 2016 5:47 pm
Attorney David Couch, a primary supporter of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment on the state ballot in November, told members of the Northeast Arkansas Political Animals on Friday that money…
by - October 14, 2016 8:53 am
A majority of Americans say marijuana should be legal and a large majority of younger Americans do, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Oct. 12. Asked, “Do you…
by - September 28, 2016 4:01 pm
Passage of voter-initiated acts to legalize medical marijuana would make it difficult for employers to maintain safe, drug-free workplaces and would harm Arkansas’ economic development efforts, Gov. Asa Hutchinson, Lt….
by - September 23, 2016 5:06 am
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of keeping on the November ballot the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act, one of two initiatives related to medical marijuana, but the initiative…
by - September 19, 2016 7:55 pm
Opponents who want to remove a medical marijuana act from the ballot argued in court Monday that more than 15,000 of its voter signatures are invalid. Meanwhile, the secretary of…
by - September 14, 2016 6:51 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sept. 14) appointed former Court of Appeals Judge John Jennings as a special master in a lawsuit filed by opponents of a proposed amendment…
by - September 13, 2016 7:16 pm
Medical marijuana is now legal in some form in 25 states and could be legal in Arkansas if one or both of two proposals on this November’s ballot are passed…
by - September 12, 2016 12:40 pm
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the state’s Surgeon General Dr. Greg Bledsoe on Monday (Sept. 12) dialed up their push to oppose the two medical marijuana amendments on the November…
by - September 6, 2016 8:27 pm
Opponents of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment have filed a lawsuit in the Arkansas Supreme Court saying the ballot title is insufficient. The lawsuit by Arkansans Against Legalized Marijuana alleges…
by - August 31, 2016 7:22 pm
The Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016 had the backing of enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. A group that has filed suit over a competing medical marijuana measure says…
