INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS State by State Arkansas Ballots for the Nov. 8 election in Arkansas must include recreational marijuana legalization, the state Supreme Court ordered, overturning a decision by the Board of Election Commissioners. The election board had declined to certify the ballot title and popular name by advocacy group Responsible Growth Arkansas on the basis that it didn't include THC limits on edibles. Then, citing the election board's decision, Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston called the proposed constitutional amendment " insufficient. " Supreme Court Justice Robin Wynne wrote in the decision that " the ballot title at issue is complete enough to convey an intelligible idea of the scope and import of the proposed amendment, " which would see a recreational market launch March 8, 2023. California A nearly two-week heat wave punctuated the end of another challenging summer for California marijuana businesses. Some operators told MJBizDaily they experienced power outages and other daily disruptions stemming from excessive heat and a taxed power grid. Others delayed harvesting and staggered work shifts as emergency measures kicked in to combat what some climate scientists believed to be the hottest September on record in California, with temperatures topping 110 degrees inland and the high 90s along the coast. The state's Department of Cannabis Control even took the rare step of asking legal marijuana businesses to voluntarily shut off lights and major power sources and use backup generators amid the excessive heat warnings.