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US (AR): MMJ sales rise by 6% so far in 2025

Arkansas medical marijuana sales in the first five months of 2025 totaled $121.024 million, up 6.3% compared with the same period in 2024. Overall pounds sold in the first five months was 32,474, above 30,000 in the same period of 2024.

Medical marijuana sales totaled $275.9 million in 2024, just below the record of $283 million in 2023.

"Tax revenue from medical marijuana is averaging $2.68 million a month in 2025, also an increase over last year," Scott Hardin, spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA), said in a statement. "With daily medical marijuana sales averaging $806,000, we are on track to surpass the 2023 sales record of $283 million."

The Arkansas Department of Health reported 109,854 active patient cards, up 12.8% compared with 97,374 to begin 2024. The constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana for 17 qualifying conditions and creating a state medical marijuana commission was approved by Arkansas voters 53% to 47% in November 2016.

Read more at KASU