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Committee advances bill to create medical marijuana oversight committee
Summary
Sen. Linda Pondexter Chesterfield introduced Senate Bill 226 to place medical marijuana under Legislative Council review by creating a Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee; the Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee passed the measure by voice vote with no recorded opposition.
Senate Bill 226, introduced by Sen. Linda Pondexter Chesterfield of Senate District 30, would establish a Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee under Legislative Council to review issues surrounding Arkansas’s medical marijuana industry.
Chesterfield told the committee the industry "is a $200,000,000 industry" and said it…
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