Medical cannabis sales in Arkansas have totaled $2.2 million since the first dispensary opened in the state on May 10, according to Department of Finance and Administration figures outlined by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. The state has so far registered 15,743 medical cannabis patients and caregivers and licensed five dispensaries.
The sales are higher than Ohio’s first two months, which, according to the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program, were just shy of $2 million. Ohio has a significantly larger population than Arkansas.
Doralee Chandler, director of Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control, called the sales “some of the strongest in the industry.”
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