Voters in Fayetteville, Arkansas, will have the chance to make adult marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority at the ballot box in November. This initiative is led by Sensible Fayetteville, a coalition of groups that includes the Alliance for Reform of Drug Policy in Arkansas, Inc.
A similar initiative was passed in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in 2006. For the Fayetteville initiative, DPA's grants program was able help fund the final effort to gather signatures, ensuring that this initiative would qualify for the ballot. The effort in Arkansas coincides with other work DPA is supporting in the south -- efforts in Louisiana and Mississippi that are funded through the
DPA grants program, and
policy work in Alabama.
The measure would require city police and prosecutors to treat marijuana possession by adults as their lowest priority, and would require the city clerk to send an annual letter to state officials making the city's stance known. To learn more, read the full text at the
Sensible Fayetteville website.
