Medical pot remains big business for Arkansas
Marijuana sales reach $251.9 million in 2024
By Ralph Hardin
news@theeveningtimes.com
Some want to expand it for recreational use while others wish it would go back to being 100% illegal, but whichever end of the issue you fall on, there’s no denying that the medical marijuana industry is booming in the State of Arkansas — to the tune of more than a quarter of a billion dollars last year alone.
In fact, medical pot prescription card holders in Arkansas spent $24 million in December alone on medical marijuana purchases, bringing the total for the year to $251.9 million. Sales for the same time frame last year were $257.4 million. Sales for 2022 totaled $283 million, the largest amount since the industry launched.
With some end-of-the-month sales remaining to be tallied, patients have purchased 68,877 pounds in 2024 at the state’s 37 dispensaries. Although the overall spend is down year to year, there is a significant increase in pounds purchased, an indication of lower prices.
“The two state taxes on medical marijuana have generated $28.5 million in 2024, with the overall amount since the industry launched now approaching $150 million,” Scott Hardin, spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, said. “The number of medical marijuana patient cards continues to increase.
We began the year with 97,374 cards and Department of Health now reports 109,095 active cards.”
The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission will meet Jan. 9 to review these figures and set an agenda for 2025.
With three dispenseries in West Memphis, Crittenden County received a share of the sales boon, with more than 375 pounds of medical marijuana sold last month:
• Comprehensive Care Group (West Memphis, opened April 27, 2020) sold 43.48 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Delta Cannabis (West Memphis, opened July 1, 2020) sold 232.47 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Greenlight West Memphis (West Memphis, opened August 26, 2020) sold 99.54 pounds of medical marijuana in November.
Other medical medical marijuana sales for December include: • Suite 443 (Hot Springs, opened May 10, 2019) sold 746.61 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Arkansas Natural Products (Clinton, opened June 20, 2019) sold 78.90 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Greenlight Dispensary (Helena, opened June 27, 2019) sold 27.15 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Good Day Farm Hensley (formerly Native Green Hensley opened July 2, 2019) sold 64.29 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Fiddler’s Green (Mountain View, opened July 11, 2019) sold 104.01 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• The Releaf Center (Bentonville, opened August 7, 2019) sold 170.20 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• The Source (Rogers, opened August 15, 2019) sold 279.12 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• The Hill (Fayetteville, formerly Acanza, opened September 14, 2019) sold 192.14 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Harvest (Conway, opened October 11, 2019) sold 380.15 pounds of medical marijuana
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• Purspirit Cannabis (Fayetteville, opened December 20, 2019) sold 275.34 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• NEA Full Spectrum (Jonesboro, opened December 9, 2019) sold 142.68 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• 420 Dispensary (Russellville, opened December 17, 2019) sold 129.63 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• The Greenery (Fort Smith, opened December 18, 2019) sold 174.31 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Good Day Farm Texarkana (formerly Red River Remedy, opened January 10, 2020) sold 88.97 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• SuperFarm (Texarkana, formerly Bloom Medicinals, opened January 15, 2020) sold 66.56 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Plant Family Therapeutics (Mountain Home, opened February 3, 2020) sold 191.45 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Good Day Farm Little Rock (Little Rock, opened February 14, 2020) sold 173.03 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Greenlight Little Rock (formerly Curaleaf, opened February 26, 2020) sold 167.18 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Custom Cannabis (Alexander, opened March 5, 2020) sold 282.17 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Good Day Monticello (Monticello, opened July 4, 2020) sold 67.78 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• The Grass Station (Arkadelphia, opened July 16, 2020) sold 94.72 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• BOLD Dispensary (Heber Springs, opened July 17, 2020) sold 171.53 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Enlightened Cannabis for People (Morrilton, opened August 3, 2020) sold 115.22 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Enlightened Cannabis for People (Clarksville, opened August 7, 2020) 99.58 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• High Bank Cannabis (Pine Bluff, opened October 9, 2021) 308.41 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Zen Leaf (El Dorado, opened October 22, 2020) sold 189.85 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Spring River Dispensary (Hardy, opened January 7, 2021) sold 113.96 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Good Day Farm Cantrell (formerly Native Green Little Rock, opened May, 6, 2021) sold 99.68 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
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• Speakeasy Dispensary (Pine Bluff, formerly Hash Co., opened June 18, 2021) sold 33.29 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Osage Creek Dispensary (Eureka Springs, opened June 18, 2021) sold 86.99 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• The Treatment Cannabis Dispensary (Pine Bluff, opened July 1, 2021) sold 137.59 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• CROP (Jonesboro, opened September 21, 2021) sold 440.00 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Good Day Farm Van Buren (opened March 7, 2022) sold 123.15 pounds of medical marijuana in December.
• Combined, this is 6,759 pounds sold in December.
