(This story is part of a series examining state ballot initiatives as well as key issues and races that voters will consider on Nov. 8.)
A motley coalition of religious leaders, pro-Trump politicians and donors as well as progressive cannabis advocates is opposing a uniquely pro-law-enforcement legalization measure in Arkansas that would give existing medical marijuana operators first crack at a new adult-use market.
This rare alliance – and Arkansas’s morality-driven politics – is leading observers to predict that this effort to create what would be the first adult-use cannabis market in a deep-red, conservative Southern state might fail.
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That would be welcome news for pro-cannabis critics, who say the measure gives the state’s existing medical marijuana industry – which is the legalization campaign’s chief bankroller – early and unfair dominance over a future adult-use market projected to exceed $500 million in sales within three years.
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