Green Springs Medical
Loudest Voice in the Grow Room (Hunter Field Editor’s Note)
The silence has been deafening as the first dispensary license is stripped. read more >
by Hunter Field -
Medical Marijuana Use Spread Unevenly in Arkansas
Arkansans spent $181 million on more than 28,000 pounds of medical marijuana in 2020, the first full year of legal cannabis sales in the state, according to data from the state Department of Finance & Administration. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Pandemic Drives, Changes Marijuana Buys
The coronavirus pandemic has correlated with an increase in legal marijuana purchases both statewide and nationally. read more >
by Marty Cook -
Rolling Those Numbers: Winar Is Arkansas’ Cannabis CPA
Arkansas medical marijuana retailers have generated $190 million in sales since May 2019. Accounting for them is a challenge and an opportunity, professionals say. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Marijuana Cultivator Turns Down Dispensary Over Cash Policy
Hot Springs dispensary owner Dragan Vicentic's penchant for paying for cannabis in cash, disdaining electronic payments, gives marijuana cultivator reason for blacklisting. read more >
Arkansas Pot Firms Feud, Pass Around The Blame
The state’s largest medical marijuana merchant says Arkansas cultivators have blackballed his business, and he’s planning to sue, alleging they cut off sales after he lobbied for the state to license more growers. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Cannabis Supply Problem, Real or Not, Roils Industry as State Adds Licenses
As Arkansas’ medical marijuana industry blossoms, cultivators are pushing back against a narrative that short wholesale supplies have kept prices too high for some patients to buy. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Hot Springs Dispensary Leads in Cannabis Sales
The early bird may get the worm, but being the first legal medical marijuana dispensary to open in Arkansas was not enough to keep Suite 443 of Hot Springs ahead of the rush of competitors. read more >
by Gwen Moritz -
Herbology Sets Tentative Date: Little Rock Cannabis Dispensary Coming Nov. 7
Little Rock's first cannabis dispensary has set a tentative opening date of Nov. 7, ahead of state plans to punish medical marijuana outlets it sees as dragging their feet on starting operations. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Dispensary to Sell Self-Grown Products; Total Sales Top 1,100 Pounds, $8M
As Arkansas crossed the thousand-pound landmark in medical marijuana sales the Hot Springs dispensary that sold the state's first legal cannabis became the first retail outlet to grow, harvest and prepare to sell self-grown product. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Dispensary Cultivation Begins as Demand Builds For Medical Marijuana
After two months and $2 million in sales, Arkansas’ spanking new medical marijuana industry is poised to break a supply logjam. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas Medical Marijuana Sales Top $1.1M
Just a month after the state’s first medical marijuana dispensaries opened, Arkansas’ new legal cannabis industry is already a million-dollar affair. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Update: State Cannabis Sales Hit 107 Pounds ($700K); New Grow Site, Dispensaries in Play
The state's new medical marijuana industry is rolling ahead with a second grow center and a third dispensary — the first outside Hot Springs — poised to join the lineup. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Cannabis Edibles, Concentrates and Syringes on Way, Bold Team Says
Bold Team LLC, the cultivation center that brought in Arkansas’ first legal marijuana crop, will soon have something for medical marijuana patients to chew on — or vape, or rub into their sore spots. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Medical Cannabis Has $100,000 Opening; Gummies and Oils on Way
Legal marijuana sales finally arrived in Arkansas in a $100,000 opening weekend at the state's first two medical cannabis dispensaries, which had together sold about 15 pounds' worth by Monday night. read more >
by Kyle Massey -
Arkansas’ 1st Medical Marijuana Dispensary Opens
Qualifying patients could begin buying medical marijuana Saturday 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 patients by closing time. read more >
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Hot Springs Dispensary Doctors Orders RX Gets State OK to Open
Arkansas' first medical marijuana dispensary will open in Hot Springs. The state Department of Finance and Administration says that Doctors Orders RX at 4893 Malvern Ave. passed state inspection, received final state approval and could open when ready. read more >
by Lance Turner -