Pot Rx panel sued The first lawsuit over the state Medical Marijuana Commission’s scoring of the top five applicants for cultivation permits under the new medical marijuana law was filed Tuesday. The suit, by Naturalis Health of Little Rock, asks for an injunction against award of the permits. The suit was assigned to Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen. Defendants are the state Department of Finance and… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff Column Laws
Judge Griffen issues temporary restraining order in suit over marijuana permits Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, acting on a lawsuit filed by Naturalis Health LLC, an unsuccessful applicant for a medical marijuana cultivation permit, has issued a temporary restraining order against state agencies and officials that had been prepared to award permits at a Medical Marijuana Commission today. The judge said Naturalis, which has alleged violations of administrative procedures and arbitrary and… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff News
Losing competitors sue over marijuana cultivation permits The first lawsuit was filed Tuesday over the state Medical Marijuana Commission’s scoring of the top five applicants for cultivation permits under the new medical marijuana law. The suit was filed by Naturalis Health, which finished 38th in the scoring, with an application to be in Little Rock. It asks for an injunction against award of the permits. The suit was… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff News
Complaints re the cultivator choices: conflicts of interest, little minority inclusion, etc. Retired Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Olly Neal of Marianna has filed a complaint with the Arkansas Ethics Commission over Medical Marijuana Commissioner Travis Story’s scoring of a cultivation permit application for Osage Creek Cultivation, a Carroll County company owned by Jay and Mary Truelove, who have been Story’s legal clients. Osage Creek was one… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff Uncategorized
Growers and $$ Some, but not all, of the five companies the state has scored as eligible for cannabis cultivation in Arkansas included in their applications estimates of job hires and financial impact. Companies estimate hires between 25 and 60; two estimate payrolls will exceed $1 million. Beau Whitney, senior economist at New Frontier Data, which gathers information… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff Column
What’s that smell? Is it medical marijuana? Or just burned up applicants? Department of Finance and Administration spokesman Scott Hardin mentioned to me yesterday that two of the five top scorers for medical marijuana cultivation permits —Natural State Medicinals, which plans a facility in Jefferson County, and the Bold Team, which plans to build in Cotton Plant, had submitted the money necessary for ratification of their permits. UPDATE: Delta Medical Cannabis also… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff Regulations
Osage Creek Cultivation issues press release Osage Creek Cultivation of Carroll County, one of the five companies to be awarded the state’s first licenses to grow marijuana for the medical market, issued a statement today: “We would like to say our family is very excited to have the opportunity to work with the State of Arkansas to provide its people the… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff Press Release
How the scoring went on medical marijuana cultivation permits The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission has posted the five commissioners’ scores of the cultivation permit applications that led to five being chosen for the first round of permits. Here’s the link to all scores. We’ve shown the top 11 scores. The top six (by five applicants, one of which can only proceed with one of its… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff Press Release
State picks five winners to cultivate medical marijuana Natural State Medicinals, Bold Team LLC, Natural State Wellness Enterprises, Osage Creek Cultivation and Delta Medical Cannabis Company Inc. were the five companies awarded permits to grow medical cannabis by the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission on Tuesday. (Natural State Wellness filed separate applications for two counties — both of which were awarded in the top… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff Uncategorized
Hemp hurdles Questions raised by Governor Hutchinson about whether regulations for industrial hemp research conflict with federal law and other queries have apparently slowed progress toward the implementation of the Arkansas Industrial Hemp Act. The Industrial Hemp Committee, which is under the state Plant Board, approved draft regulations in January. Plant Board Director Terry Walker met with… View Article 4 years ago by Cannabiz Staff Column Regulations