How marijuana laws have progressed across the South so far this year
ArkansasLouisianaMarijuana Industry NewsMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennessee May 3, 2022 0
As a region, the South has been comparably slow to embrace marijuana reform until recently. In the last year, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers legalized the use of marijuana for qualified medical conditions. Louisiana has taken several steps to expand its medical marijuana program, including authorizing the use of cannabis... Read more
Berner was the toast of Little Rock on Friday, and not just with the customers who formed a snaking line of at least 100 patients outside the new west Little Rock medical cannabis dispensary branded in his name. A budtender at a competing Little Rock dispensary was asking patients... Read more
Majority of Arkansas voters support legalizing marijuana, poll finds
ArkansasMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaRecreational Marijuana February 18, 2022 0
According to a new poll from Talk Business & Politics and Hendrix College, a majority of Arkansas voters support the measure to legalize the use of marijuana. The poll tested 961 Arkansas voters, asking their opinion on the issue of recreational marijuana. When asked, “What do you think should be... Read more
Third recreational marijuana constitutional amendment is proposed by group for Arkansas November ballot
ArkansasMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana January 26, 2022 0
A third group seeking to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use in Arkansas filed a petition for a proposed constitutional amendment to appear on the ballot in November, providing the group obtains enough signatures on petitions. The Arkansas Adult Use Cannabis Amendment is backed by the ballot question committee... Read more
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas near 67,000 pounds through October
ArkansasMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana November 17, 2021 0
Almost 67,000 pounds – roughly the weight of two F-35 fighter jets – of medical marijuana have been sold in Arkansas since May 2019, with the state collecting just under $45 million in taxes on the sales. Licensed dispensaries in the state have sold 66,994 pounds of medical marijuana... Read more
Medical marijuana panel backs rule changes in Arkansas
ArkansasMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana October 11, 2021 0
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission has advanced rule changes that would allow the state to issue its two remaining dispensary licenses, possibly in January. Spokesman Scott Hardin said the rule changes advanced Thursday would allow the commission to issue licenses to companies that initially applied in 2017 and had... Read more
Medical marijuana brings almost $50M in tax revenue for Arkansas in 1st two years
ArkansasMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana October 7, 2021 0
It’s been two years since medical marijuana became legal in Arkansas and the revenue is showing for it. The state has collected almost $50 million total in tax revenue. “A year ago we said, let’s give it time. Let’s let all the dispensers get up and running and then... Read more
