Rapper and cannabis connoisseur Snoop Dogg endorsed Issue 4 in a video Monday. The endorsement follows a video endorsement by Arkansas golfer John Daly on Saturday.
Responsible Growth Arkansas considerably outraised the leading opposition group last month as the campaign to legalize marijuana in Arkansas heated up, according to financial reports filed Monday.
Legalizing recreational marijuana in Arkansas would have an economic impact of $2.36 billion and create 6,400 jobs over five years, according to an economic impact study commissioned by Responsible Growth Arkansas, the sponsor of an amendment that would legalize cannabis for adults 21 and older.
The state Supreme Court declared Thursday that votes should be counted on a constitutional amendment that would legalize cannabis in Arkansas for adults 21 and older.
The industry-backed group working to legalize recreational marijuana in Arkansas received $605,000 in donations last month and has about half a million dollars on hand, according to financial documents filed with the state Ethics Commission.
A pair of prominent conservative donors have chipped in a total of $2 million to fund a committee opposing recreational marijuana in Arkansas, according to the group’s financial filing Thursday.
A new group warning of the dangers of cannabis will be allowed to intervene in the court fight over whether voters will get to decide on recreational marijuana.
The committee stated in its filing that its purpose is to “oppose the 2022 proposal to amend the Arkansas constitution, which would ‘legalize’ under state law the ‘recreational use’ of marijuana.