Medical marijuana sales slowed slightly during the 16 days covered by the sales report the state revenue agency released Saturday, but daily sales continued to average close to $600,000. From Aug. 5 through Thursday, Arkansans spent $590,000 a day on medical marijuana, compared to the more than $600,000 during... Read more
Agriculture officials in Arkansas are saying most of the state’s hemp farmers lost money last year, but the agriculture department is still seeing increased interest from new farmers and processors for 2020. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has issued licenses to 152 growers and 39 processors for the 2020... Read more
Patients in Arkansas have bought more than 10,000 pounds of medical marijuana since the new law took effect nearly a year ago. Newly reported figures released this week found that medical cannabis sales eclipsed $63 million in the program’s first 11 months in operation. That also amounts to about... Read more
Michael Mills (Left) and Trip Hoffman (Right) Exclusive Interview with Body and Mind President and Interim CEO Michael Mills and Body and Mind COO Trip Hoffman Multi-state operator Body and Mind (CSE: BAMM) (OTCQB: BMMJ) started as a private company serving the Nevada medical market five years ago. Now,... Read more
A recent surge in sales brought Arkansas’ nearly-year-old medical marijuana industry over the $50 million threshold. The milestone comes after what local television station KATV described Monday as a “significant increase in sales last week.” Since the state’s first medical cannabis dispensary opened its doors last year, patients have... Read more
There is a temporary freeze on new cannabis dispensary licenses in Arkansas after a judge there barred the state’s medical marijuana commission from issuing any more. Pulaski County Judge Wendell Griffen issued the ruling Tuesday, granting a temporary restraining order over a dispensary operator’s lawsuit against the commission. Medicanna, a... Read more
The Board of Directors of Little Rock, Arkansas plan to vote on Tuesday on making marijuana offenses in the city a low priority for law enforcement. Under a proposed ordinance from City Director Ken Richardson of Ward 2, misdemeanor marijuana crimes would become the lowest law enforcement priority for... Read more
A group in Arkansas will take an early but meaningful step this week toward ultimately making recreational marijuana use legal in the state. The Drug Policy Education Group, a nonprofit based in Arkansas, said it plans to file a pair of ballot petitions with the secretary of state on... Read more
Two and a half years after Arkansans voted to legalize medical marijuana, qualifying patients could begin buying the product Saturday morning when the state’s first dispensary opened, though the celebratory mood was dampened by confusion about operating hours and fears the dispensary wouldn’t be able to serve all the... Read more
COTTON PLANT, Ark. – Patients in Arkansas are still not able to buy medical marijuana. But, there is a cultivation facility that is actively growing the plant. Bold Team, LLC has set up shop in the Woodruff County town of Cotton Plant. The downtown drag is lined with empty... Read more
