by - March 13, 2014 6:32 pm
Arkansas medical marijuana advocate thinks measure is a ‘shoe in’
While the race between Tom Cotton and Mark Pryor for the U.S. Senate is getting a lot of attention, at least one other race is bound to create a buzz….
Tag: medical marijuana
by - October 3, 2013 9:18 pm
Arkansas AG approves medical marijuana ballot proposal
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel (D) gave ballot title approval to a group’s effort to potentially qualify a medical marijuana proposal for voter consideration in November 2014. Arkansans for Compassionate…
by - November 14, 2012 9:01 am
Voters may have hid attitude on marijuana
A Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll exploring voter attitudes for and against a recently defeated medical marijuana initiative indicates that changes to the measure could influence the future outcome of another…
by - November 12, 2012 10:13 am
Conservative voters send mixed messages
That the historically politically conservative region that stretches from Fort Smith up through to Bentonville voted for a tax increase and favored the medicinal use of marijuana is proof that…
by - November 4, 2012 5:25 pm
Marijuana perspective
Arkansas’ ongoing debate over the legalization of marijuana for medicinal use – such as it is – leaves me feeling discomforted. Recent polling suggests the ongoing effort to make the…
by - October 24, 2012 4:39 pm
UAFS debate audience for medical marijuana – barely
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) students sparred Wednesday (Oct. 24) over the state initiative to legalize the sale of medical marijuana, which will come before the public at…
by - October 22, 2012 9:58 am
UAFS plans ‘Oxford’ debate on medical marijuana
The medical marijuana debate will hit Fort Smith on Wednesday (Oct. 24) as University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) students lock horns in an Oxford Debate from the Smith-Pendergraft…
by - October 22, 2012 9:52 am
Poll shows shift on marijuana, road tax proposals
Arkansans may be shifting their support on medical marijuana and a more than $1.8 billion sales-tax financed highway improvement plan, according to poll results released Monday by Talk Business-Hendrix College….
by - October 15, 2012 11:04 pm
Arkansas pharmacists oppose medical marijuana initiative
The Arkansas Pharmacists Association (APA) said it will oppose the “Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act” because the proposal does not incorporate pharmacists and due to conflicts with federal law. The group…
by - October 12, 2012 10:58 am
Medical marijuana supporters, foes begin to spar
Ballot Issue No. 5, the medicinal marijuana proposal, will face opposition from a coalition of conservative action groups and law enforcement officials and supporters plan to bring a daytime TV…
by - September 10, 2012 4:56 pm
Pros and cons of medical marijuana debated
“Doctors are already telling their patients to break the law, and that doesn’t sound like America to me. It sounds like a broken system.” With those words, Ryan Denham made…
by - August 30, 2012 7:06 pm
The City Wire show features medical marijuana advocate
Ryan Denham says he is optimistic Arkansans will approve a law legalizing medical marijuana, but that his ultimate goal is to see the federal government re-schedule the herb to a…
by - August 26, 2012 3:31 pm
Medical marijuana a sensible choice
Words and phrases such as “medical marijuana,” “legal” and “the state of Arkansas” lack a history of spending much time together. After all, most people in these parts have for…
by - August 23, 2012 7:31 am
Arkansans will vote on medical marijuana
Arkansans will decide whether or not to allow for legalized medicinal marijuana this November. A group pushing for passage of the measure was notified by Secretary of State Mark Martin…
by - August 13, 2012 7:31 pm
Medical marijuana push submits 74,000 more signatures
A group pushing to legalize medicinal marijuana turned in an additional 74,406 signatures today in what supporters hoped would be enough to qualify the proposal for the November ballot. The…