Arkansas Medical Marijuana News
A ballot initiative that would significantly expand Arkansas’ medical marijuana program is still alive after the state’s Supreme Court ordered a key government official to resume counting roughly 18,000 signatures that he allegedly declined to count.
Medical cannabis advocates in Arkansas filed a lawsuit challenging the secretary of state’s decision not to certify a ballot initiative that would expand the MMJ program.
An amendment to expand access to medical cannabis in Arkansas will not appear on the November ballot in the state.
Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas are down nearly 4% this year compared to the same period in 2023.
Medical cannabis dispensaries in Arkansas recorded $135.5 million in sales from Jan. 1 to June 30 this year, down from $141 million during the same six-month period in 2023.
In three traditionally conservative states, campaigns to legalize adult-use marijuana or medical cannabis submitted signatures to elections officials, the precursor to voters seeing such initiatives on their ballots.
An Arkansas judge upheld the license revocation of a medical cannabis dispensary that allegedly sold expired products to patients.
