Pubdate: Wed, 20 Nov 2013
Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, AR)
Copyright: 2013 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc.
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MCDANIEL REJECTS PROPOSAL ON 'POT'

Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Monday for the sixth time 
rejected a proposed constitutional amendment to repeal laws banning 
the production, distribution and sale of marijuana.

In rejecting the measure, McDaniel cited ambiguities in the text of 
the proposal, which would also ban the Legislature from passing laws 
prohibiting or limiting the production, distribution or sale of the drug.

The proposed constitutional amendment, called Ban Prohibition of 
Cannabis, was sponsored by retired Lt. Col. Marjorie LeClair of Shirley.

McDaniel wrote in a letter to LeClair that his office previously 
rejected the measure in opinions dated from July through October and 
that some of the same concerns remained.

McDaniel wrote, quoting a previous opinion, that "the text of your 
measure is ambiguous in that it appears merely to assume, without 
ever declaring outright, that current laws prohibiting the sale of 
cannabis are repealed" and encouraged LeClair to make changes to the 
proposal for clarity.

LeClair said she was disappointed that the measure was not approved 
but that she planned to resubmit the proposal.
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