This is the revised version of the Hemp/Medical Amendment.

It has been sent to t

he Attorney Generals Office.
Popular Name
Agricultural Hemp and Medical Cannabis Amendment
Ballot Title
AN AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY THE PEOPLE TO THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE EFFE
CTIVE APRIL 20, 2017, THAT THE CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION, SALE, P
OSSESSION AND USE OF THE CANNABIS PLANT (GENUS CANNABIS) AND ALL PRODUCTS DERIVE
D FROM THE CANNABIS PLANT (GENUS CANNABIS) IS PERMITTED IN EVERY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
OF EACH AND EVERY COUNTY OF THIS STATE; THAT FOR PURPOSES OF THIS AMENDMENT, AGR
ICULTURAL HEMP IS DEFINED AS ANY PART OF THE CANNABIS PLANT (GENUS CANNABIS), LIV
ING OR NOT, CONTAINING THREE TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT (.3%) OR LESS, BY DRY WEIGHT,
DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (Delta-9-THC); MEDICAL CANNABIS IS DEFINED AS ANY PA
RT OF THE CANNABIS PLANT (GENUS CANNABIS), LIVING OR NOT, OR ANY PRODUCT OR COMP
OUND MADE FROM SAID PLANT, CONTAINING GREATER THAN THREE TENTHS OF ONE PERCENT (
.3%), BY DRY WEIGHT, DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL(Delta-9-THC), USED EXCLUSIVELY
IN TREATING A DISEASE OR ILLNESS; THAT THE THE CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, DIST
RIBUTION, SALE, POSSESSION AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL HEMP MAY BE REGULATED AS AN AGR
ICULTURAL PRODUCT, BUT THE NUMBER OF PLANTS CULTIVATED OR THE PRODUCTS DERIVED F
ROM MANUFACTURING, SHALL NOT BE LIMITED OR PROHIBITED, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY;
THAT THE THE CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, DISTRIBUTION, SALE, POSSESSION AND USE
OF MEDICAL CANNABIS MAY BE REGULATED, BUT NOT PROHIBITED, BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY;
AND, THAT ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT WITH THIS AMENDMENT ARE REPEALED TO THE EXTENT T
HAT THEY CONFLICT WITH HIS AMENDMENT. PREEMPTIVE FEDERAL LAW MAY REMAIN IN EFFEC
T UNLESS ALTERED BY CONGRESS
Section 1. This Amendment to the Arkansas Constitution shall be called the Arkans
as Agricultural Hemp and Medical Cannabis Amendment.
Section 2. Effective April 20, 2017, the cultivation, manufacturing, distributio
n, selling, possessing and use of the cannabis plant (genus cannabis) and all ag
ricultural or medical products derived from the cannabis plant (genus cannabis)
is lawful within the entire geographic area of each and every county of this Sta
te.
Section 3. Agricultural Hemp is defined for purposes of this amendment as any part
of the cannabis plant (genus cannabis), living or not, containing three tenths
of one percent (.3%) or less, by dry weight, Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol(Delta9-THC).
Section 4. Medical Cannabis is defined for purposes of this amendment as any part
of the cannabis plant (genus cannabis), living or not, or any product or compoun
d made from said plant, containing greater than three tenths of one percent (.3%
), by dry weight, Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta-9-THC), to be used exclusi
vely in treating a disease or illness.
Section 5. The the cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, sale, possession an
d use of Agricultural Hemp may be regulated by the General Assembly as an agricult
ural product, but the number of plants cultivated or the products derived from m
anufacturing, shall not be limited or prohibited.
Section 6. The the cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, sale, possession an
d use of Medical Cannabis may be regulated, but not prohibited, by the General Ass
embly.
Section 7. All laws which conflict with this amendment are hereby repealed to th
e extent that they conflict with this amendment.