The Alcohol Control Board, the Arkansas agency that governs the operations of the medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation facilities is meeting to discuss their draft rules. Here’s the full article from Arkansas Times.
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) has completed the rule-making process for dispensary and cultivation facility applications. Here are the final draft rules. State law requires that all rules be subject to a public hearing. In this case, the AMMC appears to be open to changing the proposed rules if they receive strong public feedback...
All of the commissioners are present – Travis Story is participating over conference call. Dr. Carlos Roman brought up the question of how a school is defined as referenced in Amendment 98, governing MMJ in Arkansas. To clarify, there are minimum distances that a cultivation facility or dispensary must be from churches, schools, and daycares....
Here’s a good discussion about surety bonds and other license fees that will be a part of the cultivation facility and dispensary applications: Click here for the full article on Arkansas Business
All commissioners are present – Dr. Ronda Henry-Tillman, M.D. is presiding. The commissioners were briefed on legal actions brought against other states in regards to the rollout of medical marijuana – in hopes to avoid similar mistakes in Arkansas. To the point, the rules have to be applied evenly to everyone. Other examples where the...
This Wednesday there are important legislative committee meetings where the committee members will vote on pending medical marijuana (MMJ) legislation. We need you to be there to show support for the industry and oppose the bills that could have a significant negative impact on the MMJ industry and Arkansas patients, including the smoking ban and the ban...
This post is not being kept current. See our Current Legislation page. This is a current recap of the pending legislation affecting medical marijuana in the State of Arkansas: HB1049 Brief: Clarifies the definition of ‘excluded felony offense’ as defined in the amendment. Expands the definition to most felonies instead of just violent ones. Lead Sponsor: Representative...
Here’s the update from this week’s Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC) meeting: The meeting started with a discussion from Arkansas Beverage Control (ABC) regarding “procurement procedures”, how they evaluate and score vendors wanting liquor licenses. If any vendors protest the results, they’re re-evaluated by a different set of evaluators. Continued protests are brought before the Director...
The meeting has concluded, here were the live updates – most recent at the bottom: The chairwoman is not at the meeting today – all other commissioners are present. Travis Story is running the meeting. They’re discussing awarding dispensary applications by population instead of just by congressional district. The argument is that there might not be adequate...
