Monday’s application deadline for those seeking a license to cultivate or dispense medical marijuana in Arkansas will set the stage for a process that began when voters narrowly approved the use of cannabis by patients last November.
The application process opened June 30 for five cultivation facilities that can be located anywhere in the state unless locally prohibited and 32 dispensaries to be divided among eight zones.
State Senator Scott Flippo of Mountain Home, a member of the Senate’s Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee, says the application fee for a cultivation facility is $15,000, with a $7,500 fee required to apply for a dispensary license. Both are one-half refundable for those applications not approved.
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Flippo says the application fee is just the beginning of the amount of money needed to be considered to operate a cultivation facility or dispensary.
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As a member of the Senate committee charged with oversight of the rules for the state’s medical marijuana program, Flippo, who represents Baxter, Marion and Boone counties, says he has received interest throughout the three counties about growing and dispensing medical marijuana.
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In our next report, Senator Flippo talks about the feedback he’s received from local physicians regarding medical marijuana.
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