IndustryDevelopments | International & State WA VT NH MT OR ID WY NV UT CA CO KS MO KY NC TN AZ NM TX OK AR MS LA FL AK AL GA SC NE IA OH IL IN WV VA DE MD DC SD ND MN MA WI MI PA NJ NY RI CT ME HI ■ Medical ■ Recreational Note: This map does not include states that have legalized only CBD-based oils. State News © 2020 Marijuana Business Daily, a division of Anne Holland Ventures. All rights reserved. Data is current as of July 15, 2020. Arizona A group opposed to legalized recreational marijuana, Arizonans for Health and Public Safety, filed a lawsuit to halt a ballot initiative that would allow adults in the state to possess up to 1 ounce of adult-use cannabis. The lawsuit challenges the 100-word summary of the Smart and Safe Arizona Act, saying the proposal failed to tell voters who signed petitions that the proposed law: * Would cover more potent forms of marijuana. * Doesn't specifically say that a 16% tax on cannabis sales can't be increased by the Legislature. * Changes state law on driving under the influence. Arkansas State medical cannabis regulators voted to issue two additional cultivation licenses in response to supply concerns in the rapidly growing market. Five Arkansas companies with permits to grow medical cannabis then filed a lawsuit to stop three new cultivation licenses from being issued. The suit claims the licenses violate language in the 2016 law that legalized MMJ in Arkansas. The language stipulated that new licenses would be granted only if existing growers couldn't meet dispensary demand. State regulators were allowed to issue up to eight cultivation licenses, but only three growers currently are in operation. 24 Marijuana Business Magazine | August 2020