Bold Team's Dull Colors Disguise Gummies' Sweet Relief
For Bold Team LLC, the state’s first medical marijuana producer and cannabis edibles manufacturer, business so far has been grape. read more >
Tagged: Medical Marijuana
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 >
Broad Legalization Cuts Into Medical Marijuana (AP Analysis)
When states legalize pot for all adults, long-standing medical marijuana programs take a big hit, in some cases losing more than half their registered patients in just a few years, according to a data analysis by The Associated Press. read more >
NLR Doctor Sees Benefits of Marijuana
Dr. Brian Nichol of North Little Rock already has seen how marijuana has helped his patients deal with stress and pain. read more >
Arkansas Banks and Marijuana (Robert T. Smith Commentary)
With the rollout of medical marijuana in full swing for Arkansas-based cultivators, dispensaries and patients, businesses vying to provide them with products and services remain in an uncertain position. read more >
Medical Marijuana Patients Still Waiting to Inhale
Twenty-eight months after Arkansans voted to legalize medical marijuana, the state’s 10,000 patients with cannabis cards can expect to wait a bit longer for their medicine to reach the market. read more >
An Investor's Look at Medical Cannabis Opportunities in the Heartland (Erika Gee Commentary)
Erika Gee examines medical marijuana investment opportunities in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Missouri. read more >
Marijuana in the Workplace (Carolyn Witherspoon Commentary)
The widespread legalization of marijuana is a reality that employers must face. In Arkansas, employers will be facing this reality soon, as it appears medical marijuana will begin dispensing in April. read more >
HR, Meet THC: Bosses Told to Prepare for Cannabis
Medical marijuana is now legal in Arkansas and due to hit the market in six weeks. Lawyers, compliance professionals and the Society for Human Resource Management are warning companies to get ready. read more >
Medical Marijuana Put on Back Burner
Impatient patients will have to wait at least until the end of April to buy legal medical marijuana in Arkansas. read more >
From Potables to Pot, ABC Chief Doralee Chandler Stays Focused
Doralee Chandler, the director of the Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, says the “unknowns” in the state’s new medical marijuana industry are challenging. read more >
The Secret Life of Marijuana Plants
The town is Cotton Plant, but since Bold Team LLC opened the state’s first operating medical marijuana cultivation center, the municipality stands to reap a windfall from the cannabis plant. read more >
Arkansas Issues First 6 Licenses to Sell Medical Marijuana
Arkansas has issued its first six licenses for companies to sell medical marijuana in the state. read more >
The Industry View: 5 Key Facts About Medical Cannabis in Arkansas
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 >
The Nuts and Bolts of Oklahoma's Marijuana Proposal (Erika Gee Commentary)
Arkansas' neighbors in Oklahoma vote today whether to approve one of the least-restrictive state laws allowing medical marijuana. Here, Erika Gee examines the law and finds points of comparison with Arkansas' medical marijuana law. read more >
Update: Arkansas Court Clears Way For Medical Pot Program's Launch
Justices on Thursday reversed and dismissed a judge's ruling that prevented officials from issuing the first licenses for businesses to grow the drug. read more >
Firm Asks Judge to Lift Order Halting Medical Pot Licenses
One of five companies that had been slated to receive Arkansas' first licenses to grow medical marijuana has asked a state judge to lift his order halting the permitting process and declaring it unconstitutional. read more >
Arkansas Names 5 Companies Picked to Grow Medical Marijuana
Arkansas regulators have announced five companies the state intends to license to grow medical marijuana under a voter-approved amendment that legalized the drug for certain patients. read more >
No Applications to Grow, Dispense Arkansas Medical Marijuana
Demand for permission to use, grow and sell medical marijuana in Arkansas is low as the state reaches the halfway point for the application period. read more >
Arkansas Medical Marijuana 101 (Erika Gee Commentary)
After years of public discussion in Arkansas about medical marijuana, voters in November 2016 approved a constitutional amendment to legalize it. Here's a look at the basics of the medical marijuana law, known as Amendment 98. read more >
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