# Medical marijuana on Tues' ballot. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-on-tues-ballot/639794 "2012-11-03T21:01:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-on-tues-ballot/639794/1 "2012-11-03T21:01:54Z")
Arkansas is the first Southern state to consider the issue. I’m amazed they got it on the ballot. So far I’m not hearing a lot of objections from the churches. This thing may have a tiny chance of passing. A local tv station did a couple stories and explained how Medical marijuana works in Colorado. I think the Ark plan is based on theirs. Each community can decide if they will allow a local dispensary. That this is even seriously being discussed in the bible belt is progress. I’m anxious to see how the vote turns out. A defeat now doesn’t mean it can’t be on the ballot again in a few years. A lot depends on how many yes votes it gets now. > **[Marijuana as Medicine, Part 1](https://katv.com/archive/marijuana-as-medicine-part-1)** > > In advance of an Arkansas vote on the issue,Jason Pederson travels to Colorado wheremarijuanahas been legal to treat pain and other ailments for over a decade.Part one of two. > **[Marijuana as Medicine, Part 2](https://katv.com/archive/marijuana-as-medicine-part-2)** > > As Arkansas voters prepare to weigh in on the idea of marijuana as medicine, we travel to Colorado to visit with doctors dealing first hand with medical marijuana and a patient who says his life is better because of it. > [@](#): > > Once each patient gets the green light to go green, most visit a dispensary. > > It’s not difficult to find a dispensary in Denver. But that is not the case in every Colorado community. 44 cities and 30 counties have voted to ban dispensaries. 43 percent of Colorado residents live in areas where marijuana businesses are not allowed. > > If Issue Five passes, Arkansas communities will have the same option. > > And the number of non-profit, state-run dispensaries will be limited…at least initially…to about 30 statewide. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-on-tues-ballot/639794/2 "2012-11-03T21:48:46Z")
Sounds like progress. I’m in Colorado. How are MJ laws in Arkansas currently? Is possession/growing a serious offense? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-on-tues-ballot/639794/3 "2012-11-03T22:00:44Z")
I found this information. Sounds pretty tough. [http://statelaws.findlaw.com/arkansas-law/arkansas-marijuana-laws.html](http://statelaws.findlaw.com/arkansas-law/arkansas-marijuana-laws.html) > [@](#): > > Possession 1st offense: Class A misdemeanor; 2nd offense: Class D felony; 3rd offense: Class C felony > > Sale Delivery or intent to deliver marijuana is a Class C felony, 4-30 yrs., depending on the amount sold, and/or fine of $25,000 to $100,000; increased penalty within 1000 ft. of school > > Trafficking 1 oz. possession of marijuana creates rebuttable presumption or intent to deliver ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-on-tues-ballot/639794/4 "2012-11-04T13:11:46Z")
Here is an article about a new medical marijuana strain being developed in Israel. > **[Israeli firm's new medical marijuana](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20189347)** > > An Israeli company develops a new strain of cannabis that could change the image of the drug, the BBC's Yolande Knell reports. It’s low in THC, but high in other cannabinoids. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-marijuana-on-tues-ballot/639794/5 "2012-11-04T19:14:36Z")
Hope it gets through.