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Judi Lynn

(160,527 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 07:21 PM Sep 2012

Arkansas court upholds medical marijuana ballot initiative

Source: Reuters

Arkansas court upholds medical marijuana ballot initiative
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:35 GMT
Source: reuters // Reuters
By Suzi Parker

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept 27 (Reuters) - A proposal to legalize medical marijuana can appear on the November ballot, the Arkansas Supreme Court said on Thursday, in a ruling that could make Arkansas the first southern state to allow certain patients to use the drug.

The Coalition to Preserve Arkansas Values filed suit in August to keep the measure off the ballot. The group argued that its title - the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act - was misleading and the proposal was hard to understand.

In a unanimous ruling, the court rejected the coalition's argument.

Associate Justice Karen R. Baker wrote in the opinion that the ballot name and title were acceptable. The title was not "duly long, nor is it complex or misleading," she added.


Read more: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/arkansas-court-upholds-medical-marijuana-ballot-initiative

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Arkansas court upholds medical marijuana ballot initiative (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2012 OP
hear,hear janlyn Sep 2012 #1
Cancer sucks! mimi85 Sep 2012 #3
Absolutely! smaug Sep 2012 #4
I signed a similar petition Art_from_Ark Sep 2012 #5
Yay for Arkansas! mimi85 Sep 2012 #2

janlyn

(735 posts)
1. hear,hear
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 07:26 PM
Sep 2012

Good for justice Karen Baker!! It SHOULD be left up to the people of the state. And since it helped my mom so much when she was going through chemo and radiation with brain cancer (thanks to my brother) I for one will be voting YES!!!

mimi85

(1,805 posts)
3. Cancer sucks!
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 07:44 PM
Sep 2012

WTG, Arkansas. Of all places!

I'm not a FB fan, although I have a bogus account. Anyway, do a search for Kuro Groves - I've seen the mini doc he put on YouTube (listed on his FB site) and know him to be beyond a good guy. We've talked on the phone many times. He's been through it, so I'm a believer! I got the oil, which isn't easy, and tried it for a long time since I have leukemia, sadly to no avail. Think it works better for skin and more visible diseases, though lots of folks would disagree with me.

CBD which can be made from the blunt is good stuff without the high is available, although not at the dispensaries, at lease the ones I've been in. I have a super LOW tolerance for herb.

smaug

(230 posts)
4. Absolutely!
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 07:54 PM
Sep 2012

Janlyn,

so will I! I never saw the petition (I drive petition signature folks crazy, I actually READ what I'm asked to sign), but I would have signed this one.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
5. I signed a similar petition
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 08:04 PM
Sep 2012

It was the current initiative's predecessor that didn't make it to the ballot (petition circulated in 2010, I think). Anyway, it's good to see it on the ballot this time around. Initiative #5.

mimi85

(1,805 posts)
2. Yay for Arkansas!
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 07:35 PM
Sep 2012

Ha, you posted at 4:21 and just missed it by a minute. Ok, juvenile, I know - couldn't resist.

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