All commissioners were present, Travis Story telephonically. Mary Robin Casteel, the ABC attorney, started by reviewing changes from last week. The definition of school was updated to exclude home schools and colleges and universities.  Economic impact points awarded will now be partially determined by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission incentive tier map of economically challenged counties in Arkansas....

In the Winter 2017 edition of The Arkansas Lawyer, a magazine published by the Arkansas Bar Association, attorney Andrew King makes the case that Arkansas lawyers who advise clients applying for a medical marijuana dispensary or cultivation licenses will be in violation of the Arkansas Rule of Professional Conduct. “The year 2017 will see major developments...

The Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board meets this Monday April the 10th at 9am to amend the medical marijuana rules and regulations based on public comment. The ABC rules and regulations govern the operations of dispensaries and cultivation facilities in the State of Arkansas. The current draft of the rules and regulations from the ABC...

This is the first commission meeting since the public hearing on the prospective rules and regulations that occurred last Friday. All commissioners are present this evening. Joel DiPippa gave an update on the legislation that was passed that will affect the rules and regulations proffered by the Medical Marijuana Commission. He also added that there...

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (MMC) is meeting today to discuss the public comments from last Friday’s public hearing. From the MMC website: The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission will meet Wednesday, April 5, 2017, at 4:30 pm. This meeting will be held at the 1515 Building, 1515 W 7th St, Suite 503, Little Rock, AR 72201....

Here’s a brief recap of legislation in Arkansas affecting the medical marijuana industry: The deadline for filing new bills has already passed. The deadline for amending shell bills has passed. The legislative session is tentatively scheduled to end on March 31st, but several committee chairpersons will have their last committee meetings next week. Bills with bold text are...

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