Voters in a handful of states are set to decide on ballot proposals that could legalize recreational marijuana.
Issue 4, sponsored by Responsible Growth Arkansas, has received pushback from opposition groups, including the state's Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who has spoken out against Biden's federal pardons.
"We have to make sure we don't move to decriminalization of drugs that are harming Americans. The fact that a drug is unlawful discourages usage," HutchinsonSarah Huckabee Sanders, Trump's former press secretary and frontrunner to be Arkansas' next governor, also opposes the amendment.If Maryland's Question 4 passes, it will join neighbors Washington, D.C., and Virginia in legalizing marijuana for recreational use. would allow adults to possess up to 1.
Maryland legalized medicinal marijuana in 2013, and a year later, decriminalized possession of 10 grams or less of cannabis.would allow adults in the state to purchase and possess up to three ounces of marijuana and grow up to six flowering plants at home. A 6% sales tax on recreational marijuana would go toward facilitating automatic expungements for people with certain non-violent marijuana offenses on their records, veterans' health care, substance misuse treatment and the state's public defender system.
Amendment 3 also adds at least 144 new small businesses to the existing businesses licensed and certified for medical marijuana in the state, according to Legal Missouri 2022, the advocacy group that sponsored the measure. New license holders will be selected by lottery.
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