Arkansas’ first medical marijuana dispensary opens its doors

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HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP)   Arkansas’ first dispensary has opened two and a half years after voters approved a measure legalizing medical marijuana for certain qualifying conditions.

About 100 people lined up in the rain outside Doctor’s Orders RX in Hot Springs on its first official day of business Saturday, where wait times and confusion about the dispensary’s hours frustrated some people.

Despite reports that the dispensary was scheduled to open at 8 a.m., employees said they didn’t plan on opening until 10 a.m. One employee also said he expected to process no more than six patients an hour through the state-required electronic tracking system.

Some people said they’d been in line since before dawn.

On Friday, the state approved another dispensary, Green Springs Medical, and owner Dragan Vicentic has said he plans to open Monday morning.

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