The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that Issue 5, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act, will appear on the ballot this November. The voters of Arkansas will have the opportunity to become the only Southern state with a medical marijuana system. Earlier this year Arkansans for Compassionate Care managed to gather enough signatures to qualify their measure, [...]

With just 53 days until the November election most state ballots across the country are now set and it is clear that this year should be a historic one for marijuana reform. In addition to there being two state initiative for medical marijuana this November, incredibly three states will be voting on whether or not [...]

It is official, this November the voters of Arkansas will have the opportunity to approve medical marijuana in their state. Yesterday the Arkansas Secretary of State certified that the Arkansans for Compassionate Care submitted at least 69,000 valid signatures for the ballot initiative, which is more than the 62,507 minimum requirement. As a result, their [...]

There is a good chance that voters of Arkansas will have the opportunity to legalize medical marijuana this November. The campaign Arkansans for Compassionate Care has recently turned into the Secretary of State’s office an additional 74,000 signatures, which the campaign believes is more than enough to get their initiative to qualify. In Arkansas it [...]

Today, Delaware Governor Jack Markell signed a law approving the use of medical marijuana. His signature makes Delaware the 16th state (plus Washington, DC) to approve the medical use of marijuana. The law is very restrictive compared to most other states. Only people over 18 with a limited number of extremely serious conditions will be [...]