LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Arkansas’ Medical Marijuana Commission has awarded licenses to five cultivation companies after an injunction against issuing the licenses was lifted.The injunction, which was lifted Tuesday, was issued in March by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen. He ruled that the award process violated the state’s 2016 constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana. The state Supreme Court reversed Griffen’s decision last month, allowing the state to officially issue the licenses.
Weeks earlier, a letter from the Arkansas attorney general revealed a member of the commission claimed an unsuccessful applicant tried to bribe him.
The companies that were issued licenses are Natural State Medicinals Cultivation, Bold Team LLC, Natural State Wellness Enterprises, Osage Creek Cultivation, and Delta Medical Cannabis Co.
The commission can issue up to eight licenses.
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