On Tuesday, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission plans to announce the state’s first five groups that will be allowed to legally grow medical cannabis.
It’s a major step toward getting the drug into the hands of qualifying patients after Arkansans approved Amendment 98 to the Arkansas Constitution in 2016, legalizing medical pot.
Approval to sell the drug will be given to 32 dispensaries in the coming months, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Finance and Administration.