Steep Hill Arkansas

Arkansas has no apparent procedure to confirm THC test results, which play into the pricing of medical marijuana. That revelation comes as lawsuits question the integrity of testing companies that draw their revenue from growers. read more >

Herbology, the first Little Rock medical marijuana dispensary to seek state inspection, didn’t make its Nov. 7 goal for opening, disappointing local patients still waiting to inhale. read more >

Arkansas’ top cannabis tester, Steep Hill Arkansas CEO Brandon Thornton, warns Arkansans to buy cannabis vaping products only from licensed dispensaries. read more >

Don Parker can tell you chapter and verse about how he’ll grow medicinal marijuana at a $9 million, 35,000-SF cultivation facility his company is building in Newport. But ask where he’ll get his first plant or seed, and he goes quiet for a beat. read more >

Even with Bold Team of Cotton Plant producing more than 5,000 gummies a day, the demand for the $5 marijuana edibles is outweighing the supply. read more >

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 >

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 >

Elizabeth Michael has teamed up with Martin Thoma of Thoma Thoma to create Bud Agency, the marketing and PR firm devoted to the new medical marijuana industry. read more >

When medicinal cannabis begins to be sold in Arkansas, possibly in April, a potential $100 million-a-year industry is poised to emerge from a complex and harshly criticized regulatory landscape. read more >

Brandon Thornton, CEO of the marijuana testing lab Steep Hill Arkansas and a board member of the Arkansas Cannabis Industry Association, was asked what crucial facts the trade group would like Arkansans to know, and his main message was, yes, cannabis is coming. read more >

Arkansas took one of the biggest last steps toward starting its medical marijuana program Wednesday night, choosing the businesses that will operate 32 cannabis dispensary sites around the state. read more >

The state began accepting applications Friday from those wishing to grow and sell marijuana for medical use, but when the drug might make into the hands of patients is still anyone’s guess. read more >

Brent Whittington and pharmacist Brandon Thornton plan to open Steep Hill Arkansas, a medical marijuana testing lab that would work with Arkansas' cultivators and dispensaries. read more >