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Arkansas Group Submits Recreational Marijuana Ballot Measure

The Drug Policy Education Group submitted a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow licensed dispensaries to sell marijuana for recreational use.

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Associated Press

July 12, 2019

LITTLE ROCK — A group plans to begin gathering signatures soon to try and put a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana on the ballot in Arkansas next year.

The Drug Policy Education Group on Wednesday submitted a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow licensed dispensaries to sell marijuana for recreational use. Arkansas voters legalized medical marijuana in 2016 and dispensaries began selling the product in May.

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