Arkansas voters on Tuesday rejected a ballot initiative that would have legalized marijuana for recreational use. With 84 percent of ballots reported, 56 percent of voters had said no to Issue 4, a constitutional amendment that would have allowed adults 21 or older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana and authorized current medical dispensaries, plus up to 40 additional licensees, to serve the recreational market, with sales taxed at 10 percent.
The 2016 Arkansas initiative that legalized medical use passed with support from 53 percent of voters, and early polling suggested a similar proportion of voters would favor Issue 4. But subsequent surveys found that support for legalization was dropping.
