INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENTS State by 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. ©2023 MJBizDaily, a division of Emerald X. All rights reserved. Data is current as of Dec. 10, 2022. State News Arkansas State voters rejected a ballot measure to legalize recreational cannabis, dealing a setback to efforts to launch the first adult-use market in a conservative Southern state. Issue 4 encountered opposition from a strong and unlikely coalition of political and religious conservatives as well as progressive cannabis advocates. The ballot measure struggled to find influential backers, partly because it limited the recreational market primarily to the state's 40 existing licensed MMJ dispensaries. Several prominent state politicians opposed the bill, including newly elected Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Sens. Tom Cotton and John Boozman, both of whom represent Arkansas in Congress. 20 January 2023 | MJBizMagazine