The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission on Tuesday voted to issue the state's final two licenses to grow cannabis, in response to a lingering debate over whether the state has enough supply of the drug to serve patients.
Two prospective cultivators, in Fort Smith and Hot Springs, were made eligible to join the six other licensed cultivators in the state by the commission's decision. However, not all of the six cultivators have provided cannabis to dispensaries.
The commissioners also voted to license four new dispensaries, in Fayetteville, in Little Rock and in Fulton and Mississippi counties.
The commission faced a July 10 deadline to decide whether to increase the number of licensed cultivators to eight, the maximum number allowed under the 2016 voter-approved state constitutional amendment to legalize medical cannabis.
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