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Under a law passed earlier this year, party petitions require 10,000 valid signatures and must be completed in any 60-day period that the group chooses. in 2006 the law permitted four months. [11] On September 26, 2007, the Green Party of Arkansas submitted 17,197 signatures to the secretary of state's office.
allowed the state to impose a 10% tax on recreational cannabis sales, in addition to existing state and local sales taxes; divided tax revenue up between law enforcement (15 percent), the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (10 percent), and the state drug court program (5 percent), with the remainder going to the state general fund
The U.S. Marijuana Party was formed in 2002 by Loretta Nall from Massachusetts following her misdemeanor arrest for marijuana possession. [73] [74] [75] Nall was the chairperson of the party until 2004. [76] Writer, military veteran, and former White Panther, Wayward Bill Chengelis was Colorado U.S. Marijuana Party chairman, from 2002 through ...
About half of U.S. states allow recreational marijuana and a dozen more have legalized medical marijuana. Those numbers could grow after the November election. Voters in Florida, North Dakota and South Dakota will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana for adults, and two medical marijuana proposals will be on Nebraska’s ballot.
The Libertarian Party and the Green Party are known for advocating for the legalization of marijuana. [99] There are also active cannabis political parties in at least five states. These include the Grassroots–Legalize Cannabis Party, the Legal Marijuana Now Party, the Legalize Marijuana Party, and the U.S. Marijuana Party.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz both back marijuana legalization, but they took different paths to get there.
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The year 2022 began with several United States cannabis reform proposals pre-filed in 2021 for the upcoming year's legislative session. Among the remaining prohibitionist states, legalization of adult use in Delaware and Oklahoma was considered most likely, and Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island somewhat less likely; medical cannabis in Mississippi was called likely at the beginning ...