LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A group behind an effort to expand medical marijuana access has resubmitted its ballot measure to Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin after he rejected the first version, according to an Arkansas Advocate report.
Griffin rejected the first submission of the Arkansas Medical Cannabis Amendment of 2024 in January due to what he called ambiguities and "misleading" language.
The proposed ballot measure would make it legal for patients to grow cannabis at their homes, expand who can certify patients, and expand the criteria for approving patients.
The measure would also recognize medical marijuana patients from other states and increase the expiration date of patients cards from one year to three years.
Also in the proposal is a trigger law that would make marijuana recreational if the federal government removes the drug from the controlled substances list or if the federal crime of marijuana possession goes away.
Additionally, it would amend Article 5 of the state constitution to prevent the legislature from making changes to constitutional amendments unless the people of Arkansas vote on it.
If approved by Griffin, the group would then have until July 5 to collect 90,704 signatures from registered voters to get on the ballot.