by - March 21, 2018 8:04 pm
Advocates for Arkansas’ emerging medical marijuana industry are in a quandary over what it will now take to get the voter-approved amendment off the ground following a Pulaski County Circuit…
by - March 21, 2018 1:45 pm
Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Wendell Griffen on Wednesday (March 21) declared the state Medical Marijuana Commission’s process of scoring and awarding Arkansas’ first highly-prized licenses to five pot cultivators…
by - March 13, 2018 5:15 pm
A sixth place runner-up for a medical marijuana cultivation center in Garland County hopes an economic impact study of benefits to the region may persuade state officials to add at…
by - March 12, 2018 9:34 pm
One of the sixth-place finishers in the highly-competitive sweepstakes for one of Arkansas’ five prized pot-growing licenses has filed a protest with the state Medical Marijuana Commission ahead of the…
by - March 9, 2018 3:09 pm
The state Medical Marijuana Commission will ratify the scores and vote next week to accept the five applicants awarded the state’s first cultivator licenses on Feb. 23 to grow and…
by - March 6, 2018 1:51 pm
A top official with the federal agency that investigates and researches alternative medicine in the U.S. told Talk Business & Politics the agency will continue studying the health value of…
by - February 28, 2018 7:19 pm
As the smoke clears from the state medical marijuana board’s long-awaited decision on Tuesday (Feb. 27) to award licenses for the state’s first medical pot greenhouses, the clear winners for…
by - February 27, 2018 4:44 pm
As a nervous, standing-room only crowd looked on, the state Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) on Tuesday (Feb. 26) selected a handful of Arkansas companies to grow and supply the state’s…
by - January 4, 2018 8:39 pm
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions threw a monkey wrench into the Natural State’s long-awaited launch of Arkansas’ medical marijuana industry next month by rolling back an Obama-era policy Thursday (Jan….
by - January 4, 2018 4:05 pm
On the same day U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a rule that eased enforcement of the federal prohibition on marijuana, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin set June 26 as the…
by - December 1, 2017 7:16 pm
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) on Friday (Dec. 1) unanimously approved an aggressive two-month schedule to score and approve nearly 100 applications for the state’s first pot-growing cultivation facilities…
by - November 20, 2017 5:50 pm
Dr. Regina Thurman is the medical director of Optimal Pain and Wellness in Fayetteville, specializing in using wide-ranging approaches to pain management. She was appointed in August to be board…
by - November 5, 2017 2:35 pm
Arkansas employers are running out of prep time before medical marijuana becomes available, so it’s crucial to begin now defining internal policies and procedures, said Little Rock attorney J. Bruce…
by - October 31, 2017 8:25 pm
More Arkansans disapprove of the state’s effort to implement medical marijuana than approve of the effort to launch the industry in the Natural State. The question is: are these voters…
by - October 24, 2017 6:05 pm
As the number of approved medical marijuana patient applications in Arkansas nears 2,000, a new medical journal report released Monday (Oct. 23) says cannabis use may have some medical benefits…
by - October 17, 2017 7:28 am
Nearly a month after the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission received a rush of last-minute applications for pot-growing cultivation facilities and dispensaries, the five-person panel on Monday (Oct. 16) pushed back…
by - October 4, 2017 9:05 pm
Arkansas accountants might have been given the all clear to provide professional services to medical marijuana businesses in the state, but some of the largest accounting firms in Northwest Arkansas…
by - October 3, 2017 6:06 pm
The state Department of Finance & Administration’s legal team is notifying nearly 100 companies who applied to win one of the eight highly sought-after pot-growing greenhouse licenses to let them…
by - October 1, 2017 9:44 am
Economist Mervin Jebaraj likes what he sees in the current economy, but has his eye on several metrics and semantics to gauge future economic growth. Jebaraj, interim director of the…
by - September 19, 2017 7:17 pm
Two statewide trade groups that have emerged to actively promote medical marijuana use in Arkansas are planning special events to celebrate the hallmark starting point of the state’s newest industry….
