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Cheney Pruett, chief executive of newly opened lending business CashMax, also is one of two backers behind the proposed Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment. Broadleaf PSG, a limited liability corporation, gave $175,065 to support Arkansans United for Medical Marijuana, a ballot question...

Little Rock, Arkansas - Medical marijuana has a high chance of becoming legal in Arkansas. According to a Talk Business and Politics poll, nearly 60 percent of Arkansas voters support legalizing medical marijuana. The issue narrowly failed in 2012. Four years later, the majority of voters say...

Little Rock, Arkansas - Medical marijuana has a high chance of becoming legal in Arkansas. According to a Talk Business and Politics poll, nearly 60 percent of Arkansas voters support legalizing medical marijuana. The issue narrowly failed in 2012. Four years later, the majority of voters say...

The agency said it is not now altering services or practice to prepare for the legalization of marijuana for medical use but will wait to see which, if any, measure passes in November. A second ballot initiative, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment is in the process of having its...

The agency said it is not now altering services or practice to prepare for the legalization of marijuana for medical use but will wait to see which, if any, measure passes in November. A second ballot initiative, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment is in the process of having its...

Little Rock, Arakansas - Secretary of the State Mark Martin has confirmed the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act will be on the 2016 ballot. The initiative will allow Arkansas doctors to recommend medical cannabis for sick and dying patients. Martin confirmed that Arkansans for Compassionate...

Little Rock, Arkansas - The group behind a second medical marijuana ballot initiative submitted their signatures on Friday, but an initiative to legalize recreational pot did not get enough signatures by the deadline, officials say. Signatures for the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment are...

Arkansas - On Friday supporters of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016 submitted petition signatures requesting their proposal be placed on the ballot this November. Family Council Action Committee Executive Director Jerry Cox released a statement, saying, "Compared to the...

Arkansas - On Friday supporters of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016 submitted petition signatures requesting their proposal be placed on the ballot this November. Family Council Action Committee Executive Director Jerry Cox released a statement, saying, "Compared to the...

An initiated act aimed at legalizing medical marijuana has been cleared for a popular vote Nov. 8. The Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act received enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, Melissa Fults, campaign manager for Arkansans for Compassionate Care, said in an interview Thursday...

An initiated act aimed at legalizing medical marijuana has been cleared for a popular vote Nov. 8. The Arkansas Medical Cannabis Act received enough valid signatures to appear on the ballot, Melissa Fults, campaign manager for Arkansans for Compassionate Care, said in an interview Thursday...

Little Rock, Arkansas - A group pushing to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas will submit more than 110,000 signatures for its ballot initiative on Monday, officials say. Arkansans for Compassionate Care made the announcement on Friday. "Over the past two years, we've talked to tens...

Little Rock, Arkansas - A group pushing to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas will submit more than 110,000 signatures for its ballot initiative on Monday, officials say. Arkansans for Compassionate Care made the announcement on Friday. "Over the past two years, we've talked to tens...

Arkansas - Two Arkansas groups want to clear the air about where they stand when it comes to two proposed constitutional amendments approved by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. The first approved proposed constitutional amendment titled, The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of...

Arkansas - Two Arkansas groups want to clear the air about where they stand when it comes to two proposed constitutional amendments approved by Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. The first approved proposed constitutional amendment titled, The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of...

Medical marijuana advocates at the Arkansas State Capitol on Thursday urged changes to Arkansas law. They said medical marijuana could help treat PTSD and other ailments that lead to high suicide rates among veterans. They also showed off products made with hemp. If the plant was allowed...

Thousands of dollars have been raised in the first few months of 2016 for the battle to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas. Two initiatives to legalize medical marijuana have been approved and are in the process of gathering signatures to appear on the November ballot. One was approved...

A group wanting to legalize medical marijuana in Arkansas has collected enough signatures to get the proposal on the November ballot, but its goal is to collect thousands more. The group Arkansans for Compassionate Care said volunteers have collected more than 68,000 signatures they need to put...

Eureka Springs residents had a chance to show their support for medical marijuana on Super Tuesday when they showed up at the local polls and signed so many petitions that it was hard to keep them on hand. "We set up on primary Tuesday outside one of the polling places here in Eureka Springs...

Following Attorney General Leslie Rutledge approving a marijuana proposal for the first time since taking office, there are now two medical marijuana petitions circulating. There are several differences between the newly approved Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016 and the Arkansas...