Disappointment was surely felt at watch parties in Little Rock Tuesday as supporters watched Issue 5 narrowly fail. For at least the last 15 years, advocates have been trying to get the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act on the ballot. Arkansas ballot Issue 5 called for "the medical use of marijuana legal under Arkansas state law" and "established a system for the cultivation, acquisition and distribution of marijuana for qualifying patients through nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries," according to the ballot proposal's text.

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