Arkansas AG Tim Griffin approves marijuana expansion petition [Video]

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — On Tuesday, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin approved the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2024, making the ballot measure available to collect signatures.

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2024 would allow more healthcare professionals to prescribe the drug and vastly expand the conditions that marijuana would be allowed to treat.

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 …