Data as of 2026-06-07

Arkansas

Arkansas voters approved medical cannabis through constitutional Amendment 98 on November 8, 2016; the state remains medical-only, having rejected an adult-use ballot measure in 2022, with a separate 2024 adult-use measure that did not take effect. Legal sales began 913 days after approval, on May 10, 2019. The program operates within constitutional license caps: a maximum of eight cultivation facilities and forty dispensaries, no more than four per county. All eight cultivation licenses and thirty-seven of the thirty-eight issued dispensary licenses are operational. Combined medical sales reached $291.1 million in calendar-year 2025, a program record, at $94.26 per resident. Annual sales rose from $181.8 million in 2020 to $264.9 million in 2021, then moved within a narrow band — $276.3 million in 2022, $283 million in 2023, $275.9 million in 2024 — before the 2025 record. Cumulative sales since May 2019 exceed $1.6 billion. The Arkansas Department of Health registry recorded 115,073 active patient cards as of May 30, 2026, roughly 3.7 percent of the state population. Patient supply is routed exclusively through licensed dispensaries; home cultivation is not permitted. Medical purchases are not tax-exempt, carrying the 6.5 percent state sales tax and a 4 percent privilege tax.

Market

Licensing & Market

Arkansas caps cannabis licenses in its constitution: a maximum of eight cultivation facilities and forty dispensaries, with no more than four dispensaries per county. The state has awarded all eight cultivation licenses and thirty-eight of the forty dispensary licenses. Eight cultivators and thirty-seven dispensaries are operational — activation rates of 100 percent and 97.4 percent. There are 2.59 operating cultivators per million residents and 1.2 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. Licenses are transferable only with Medical Marijuana Commission approval and only to a natural person. Vertical integration is limited: an individual may own an interest in at most one cultivation facility and one dispensary, which remain separate license types. The applicant and at least 60 percent of ownership must have been Arkansas residents for the previous seven consecutive years. Arkansas does not use a municipal opt-in or opt-out tally; localities may prohibit cannabis businesses only through a citizen-petition local-option election, and no state agency publishes a count of permitting versus prohibiting jurisdictions. The cultivation application fee is $15,000 and the annual license fee is $100,000, alongside a $500,000 performance bond; the dispensary application fee is $7,500 and the annual fee is $22,500. The state tracks product through BioTrack, branded ARSTEMS.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded 8 [8]
Cultivator licenses operational 8 [9]
Cultivator activation rate 100% [10]
Operating cultivators per million 2.59 [11]
Retail licenses awarded 38 [12]
Retail licenses operational 37 [13]
Retail activation rate 97.4% [14]
Dispensaries per 100k 1.2 [15]
Vertical integration allowed with restrictions [16]
License caps exist Yes [17]
Licenses transferable Yes [18]
Residency required Yes [19]
Residency duration (months) 84 [20]
Municipalities allowing Not available in the public record —
Municipalities total Not available in the public record —
Municipal opt-in rate Not available in the public record —
Track-and-trace system BioTrack (ARSTEMS) [21]
Cultivator application fee $15,000 [22]
Cultivator annual fee $100,000 [23]
Retail application fee $7,500 [24]
Retail annual fee $22,500 [25]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

Registered qualifying patients and caregivers may possess up to 2.5 ounces of usable cannabis per rolling 14-day period, a cumulative limit enforced at the point of sale through the state tracking system rather than reset per transaction. Home cultivation is not permitted; Amendment 98 routes all patient supply through licensed dispensaries. All major product forms are permitted, including flower, oils, vapors, waxes, and edibles, and dispensaries are required to offer vaporizers. Arkansas sets no separate concentrate-gram or edible-milligram sub-limit; edibles count toward the 2.5-ounce ceiling by cannabis content. Dispensary delivery to a patient's residence is legal and operational, permitted between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. On-site consumption is prohibited at dispensaries, and no licensed consumption-venue category exists.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed No [26]
Home grow plant limit Not available in the public record —
Possession limit (oz) 2.5 [27]
Delivery legal Yes [28]
Delivery operational Yes [29]
Consumption lounges legal No [30]
Consumption lounges count 0 [31]
Purchase limit, flower (oz) 2.5 [32]
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) Not available in the public record —
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) Not available in the public record —
All product forms legal Yes [33]
Restricted product forms Not available in the public record —
Taxes

Taxation

Medical cannabis in Arkansas is not tax-exempt. Purchases carry the 6.5 percent state sales tax and a 4 percent special privilege tax, a combined state-level rate of 10.5 percent at the dispensary counter. The 4 percent privilege tax also applies when a cultivator sells product to a dispensary; it is the same rate applied at two points, not a separate wholesale levy. Local city and county sales taxes apply on top of the state rate. Arkansas levies no potency or THC-tier tax. The tax rates have not changed since the program launched; a 2025 statutory change made the previously sunsetting privilege tax permanent without altering its rate. State cannabis tax revenue reached $32.3 million in calendar-year 2025 — $10.46 per resident — and cumulative revenue since 2019 exceeds $218.32 million.

Field Value Source
Excise tax 4% [34]
Excise tax type per price [35]
Sales tax 6.5% [36]
Wholesale tax 4% [37]
Potency tax exists No [38]
Potency tax, flower Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, concentrate Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, edibles Not available in the public record —
Local tax (max) Not available in the public record —
Local tax (typical) Not available in the public record —
Total effective rate 10.5% [39]
Medical tax exempt No [40]
Medical tax rate 10.5% [41]
Annual tax revenue $32,300,000 [42]
Tax revenue per capita $10.46 [43]
Tax changed since legalization No [44]
Tax direction unchanged [45]
Operators

Operator Data

Total medical sales reached $291.1 million in calendar-year 2025, a program record, at $94.26 per resident. Year-over-year growth was 5.5 percent. Annual sales moved within a narrow band before the 2025 record: $276.3 million in 2022, $283 million in 2023, and $275.9 million in 2024. Pounds sold rose across the same period, from 62,227 in 2023 to 75,598 in 2024 to 79,223 in 2025. Arkansas publishes total sales dollars and total pounds but no public wholesale or retail price index, so price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public records. The state publishes no license-attrition series; one dispensary license has been revoked since the program began. All eight cultivation licenses, the constitutional maximum, remain active.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend Not available in the public record —
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) Not available in the public record —
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales $291,100,000 [46]
Adult-use sales Not available in the public record —
Per-capita sales $94.26 [47]
YoY sales growth 5.5% [48]
License attrition (count) Not available in the public record —
License attrition Not available in the public record —
Peak cultivation licenses 8 [49]
Current cultivation licenses 8 [50]
Outcomes

Consumer Data

Arkansas residents purchased $94.26 of legal cannabis per resident in calendar-year 2025, served by 1.2 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. The Arkansas Department of Health registry recorded 115,073 active patient cards as of May 30, 2026. The state publishes no estimate of legal-market capture — the share of total consumption met by licensed dispensaries versus the unregulated market — and no public retail price index, so neither can be stated from public sources.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales $94.26 [47]
Dispensaries per 100k 1.2 [15]
Legal market capture Not available in the public record —
Legal capture source Not available in the public record —
Retail price trend Not available in the public record —
Equity

Equity Programs

Arkansas operates no social equity program. Amendment 98 created no equity license category, preference, or fund; licensing is a merit-scored process governed by a residency-control structure requiring 60 percent Arkansas ownership for seven years. The state publishes no licensee ownership demographics, so minority- and women-owned shares cannot be stated. Cannabis tax revenue is not directed to a dedicated equity fund. Record relief is available through Arkansas's general petition-based record-sealing law and a cannabis-specific sealing petition form, but the state has no automatic cannabis expungement statute and publishes no count of cannabis records sealed.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists No [51]
Equity program type Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Equity licenses operational Not available in the public record —
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists No [52]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership Not available in the public record —
Women ownership Not available in the public record —
Community reinvestment Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [53]
Expungement automatic No [54]
Expungements processed Not available in the public record —
Income cap for equity Not available in the public record —
Enforcement

Enforcement

Arkansas tracks regulated product through BioTrack, branded ARSTEMS. Alcoholic Beverage Control rules require at least one inspection of every dispensary and cultivation facility every six months, but no aggregate annual inspection count is published. Enforcement actions against licensees, illicit-market enforcement actions, regulatory budget and staffing, mandatory testing analytes, per-batch testing cost, and product recalls are not available in the public record. A violation may draw a fine of up to $5,000; the rules set no minimum. This section is therefore largely not available — not because enforcement does not occur, but because the regulator does not report these figures in a form that can be sourced for a public reference.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system BioTrack (ARSTEMS) [21]
Inspections per year Not available in the public record —
Enforcement actions (licensees) Not available in the public record —
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions Not available in the public record —
Regulatory budget Not available in the public record —
Regulatory staff Not available in the public record —
Mandatory testing analytes Not available in the public record —
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (min) Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (max) $5,000 [55]
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

Amendment 98, approved in 2016, created possession immunity for registered qualifying patients and caregivers but did not amend the underlying criminal penalties for cannabis, which Arkansas classifies as a Schedule VI controlled substance. Personal-use possession was not decriminalized for non-patients, and no cannabis penalty has been increased since legalization; the net direction is unchanged. Possession of less than 4 ounces by a non-patient — or by a patient over the 2.5-ounce limit — is a Class A misdemeanor; 4 ounces, or 113.4 grams, or more is a felony, rising by weight to a Class A felony at 100 pounds or more. Unlicensed cultivation is charged as manufacture and unlicensed sale as delivery, both scaling by weight to a Class A felony carrying six to thirty years at 100 pounds or more; 500 pounds or more is trafficking, a Class Y felony carrying ten to forty years or life. Arkansas sets no per se THC blood limit for impaired driving, relying instead on an impairment standard. Record sealing is available by petition rather than automatically. Approximately 5,437 cannabis arrests were recorded in 2023 in federal data that the compiling source flags as an undercount; it is the only available series and is recorded as such rather than asserted as a precise count.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Unlicensed cultivation is charged as 'manufacture' of a Schedule VI controlled substance (A.C.A. § 5-64-439). Penalty scales by weight: <14 g Class A misdemeanor; 14 g-4 oz Class D felony (up to 6 yrs); 4 oz-25 lb Class C felony (3-10 yrs); 25-100 lb Class B felony (5-20 yrs); 100 lb+ Class A felony (6-30 yrs). 500 lb+ is trafficking, a Class Y felony (10-40 yrs or life) under § 5-64-440. [56]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale Unlicensed sale/delivery of marijuana (Schedule VI) under A.C.A. § 5-64-436: <14 g Class A misdemeanor; 14 g-4 oz Class D felony; 4 oz-25 lb Class C felony (3-10 yrs); 25-100 lb Class B felony (5-20 yrs); 100-500 lb Class A felony (6-30 yrs); 500 lb+ trafficking, Class Y felony (10-40 yrs or life) under § 5-64-440. Delivery to a minor and second/subsequent offenses carry enhancements (§ 5-64-408). [57]
Felony threshold (grams) 113.4 [58]
Felony threshold type possession [59]
Penalty, possession over limit Possession of marijuana by a non-patient (or a patient over the 2.5 oz / 14-day medical limit) under A.C.A. § 5-64-419: less than 4 oz is a Class A misdemeanor (up to 1 yr, $2,500); 4 oz to less than 10 lb is a Class D felony (up to 6 yrs, $10,000); 10-25 lb Class C; 25-100 lb Class B; 100-500 lb Class A felony. [60]
Penalty, public consumption Not available in the public record —
DUI per se limit (ng) Not available in the public record —
DUI zero tolerance No [61]
Penalties increased post-legalization No [62]
Penalty direction unchanged [63]
Penalty direction details Amendment 98 (2016) created immunity for registered qualifying patients/caregivers (possession of up to 2.5 oz usable marijuana per 14-day period) but did NOT amend the underlying Schedule VI criminal penalty tiers in A.C.A. Title 5, Chapter 64. Personal-use possession was not decriminalized for non-patients; the pre-existing criminal code survives unchanged. No cannabis penalty has been increased since legalization. [64]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) 5437 [65]
Racial disparity ratio Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [53]
Expungement automatic No [54]

Sources

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA), state of Arkansas https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2024/state/totals/NST-EST2024-ALLDATA.csv
  2. ↑ USPS / U.S. Census Bureau standard two-letter abbreviation for Arkansas https://www.census.gov/library/reference/code-lists/ansi.html
  3. ↑ Dashboard compilation date 2026-06-07. Underlying vintages: AR DFA medical-marijuana sales/tax releases through CY2025 (Jan 23 2026); ADH patient registry as of May 30 2026; Census Vintage 2024 population; DFA MMC licensing rules; ABC medical marijuana rules.
  4. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 (Issue 6) approved by voters Nov 8, 2016; self-executing constitutional amendment https://healthy.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Amendment_98_Sections_1-8.pdf
  5. ↑ [SECONDARY] Arkansas Democrat-Gazette — first legal medical marijuana sales in Arkansas occurred May 10, 2019 (Doctor's Orders RX, Hot Springs) https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2019/may/14/2-dispensaries-report-rx-pot-sales-2019/
  6. ↑ CALC: first sale (2019-05-10) minus Amendment 98 voter approval (2016-11-08) = 913 days.
  7. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA), Arkansas July 1, 2024 = 3,088,354 https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2020-2024/state/totals/NST-EST2024-ALLDATA.csv
  8. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 §8 authorizes 'at least four (4) but no more than eight (8) cultivation facility licenses'; Arkansas has awarded the statutory maximum of 8. DFA MMC licensing rules https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  9. ↑ [SECONDARY] All 8 awarded cultivation facilities are operational. Confirmed via convergent trade reporting (MJBizDaily) of the AR market; AR DFA/MMC operational roster is not published on a fetchable page https://mjbizdaily.com/arkansas-adds-two-medical-cannabis-growers-to-fast-growing-market/
  10. ↑ CALC: 8 operational / 8 awarded x 100 = 100%.
  11. ↑ CALC: 8 operational cultivation facilities / (3,088,354 / 1,000,000) = 2.59 per million.
  12. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 §8 caps dispensary licenses at 'no more than forty (40)' (max 4 per county); 38 of 40 licenses have been issued. [SECONDARY] The Marijuana Herald dispensary census corroborates 38 licensed. Underlying primary: DFA MMC https://themarijuanaherald.com/2025/07/heres-where-all-38-medical-cannabis-dispensaries-are-located-in-arkansas/
  13. ↑ [SECONDARY] AR DFA medical-marijuana sales reports reference 37 dispensaries selling product (Jan 2026 sales report); 1 license revoked and others delayed account for the 38-vs-37 gap. Underlying primary: AR DFA https://talkbusiness.net/2026/01/arkansas-medical-marijuana-sales-set-new-record-in-2025/
  14. ↑ CALC: 37 operational / 38 licensed x 100 = 97.4%.
  15. ↑ CALC: 37 operational dispensaries / (3,088,354 / 100,000) = 1.20 per 100K.
  16. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 §8: 'No individual shall own an interest in more than: (1) One cultivation facility; and (2) One dispensary.' Cultivation and dispensary are separate license types; an owner may hold at most one of each, so limited vertical integration is permitted but capped. DFA MMC licensing rules https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  17. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 §8 — cultivation capped at 8, dispensaries capped at 40 (max 4 per county) https://healthy.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Amendment_98_Sections_1-8.pdf
  18. ↑ DFA MMC licensing rules, Section 16 'Transfer of License' — a license, ownership interest, or location may be transferred only with Medical Marijuana Commission approval and only to a natural person (Amendment 98 §8) https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  19. ↑ DFA MMC licensing rules — the applicant and at least 60% of ownership must be Arkansas residents for the previous seven (7) consecutive years https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  20. ↑ DFA MMC licensing rules — seven (7) consecutive years of Arkansas residency = 84 months https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  21. ↑ Arkansas uses BioTrack (statewide system branded ARSTEMS — Arkansas State Traceability Enforcement Monitoring System), operated by BT Government under license to the Arkansas Department of Health and DFA/ABC https://arstems.arkansas.gov/
  22. ↑ DFA MMC licensing rules — cultivation facility application fee = $15,000 ($7,500 refundable if not selected) https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  23. ↑ DFA MMC licensing rules — cultivation facility license fee = $100,000; annual renewal fee = $100,000 (plus $500,000 performance bond) https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  24. ↑ DFA MMC licensing rules — dispensary application fee = $7,500 https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  25. ↑ DFA MMC licensing rules — dispensary annual renewal fee = $22,500 (initial license fee = $15,000) https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Completed_CDP_licensingRules.pdf
  26. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 §2 defines 'medical use' to include acquisition/possession/use but NOT cultivation; patient supply is routed exclusively through licensed dispensaries. No home cultivation is authorized https://healthy.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Amendment_98_Sections_1-8.pdf
  27. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 §3 — a registered qualifying patient/caregiver may possess not more than two and one-half (2.5) ounces of usable marijuana https://healthy.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Amendment_98_Sections_1-8.pdf
  28. ↑ Arkansas ABC Medical Marijuana Rules, Section 16 (RR 16.8) — a dispensary may deliver usable marijuana to a qualified patient or designated caregiver, to a residence only, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2FMeeting+Attachments%2F045%2FI15776%2FABC+-+Medical+Marijuana+Rules.pdf
  29. ↑ Arkansas ABC Medical Marijuana Rules authorize residence-only dispensary delivery (RR 16.8); delivery is operational in Arkansas https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2FMeeting+Attachments%2F045%2FI15776%2FABC+-+Medical+Marijuana+Rules.pdf
  30. ↑ Arkansas ABC Medical Marijuana Rules RR 15.1(d) — 'Use or consumption of medical marijuana on the premises of the dispensary is prohibited.' No on-site/social consumption category exists https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2FMeeting+Attachments%2F045%2FI15776%2FABC+-+Medical+Marijuana+Rules.pdf
  31. ↑ Arkansas ABC Medical Marijuana Rules — no licensed on-site consumption venue category exists; count = 0 https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2FMeeting+Attachments%2F045%2FI15776%2FABC+-+Medical+Marijuana+Rules.pdf
  32. ↑ Arkansas ABC Medical Marijuana Rules RR 15.1 + Amendment 98 §3 — a dispensary may not dispense more than 2.5 oz of usable marijuana to a patient during any 14-day period (rolling, across all dispensaries) https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2FMeeting+Attachments%2F045%2FI15776%2FABC+-+Medical+Marijuana+Rules.pdf
  33. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 §2(17) defines usable marijuana to include flowers, oils, vapors, waxes, and preparations, and contemplates products prepared as food/drink (edibles); ABC Rules RR 15.2 require dispensaries to offer vaporizers. All major product forms are permitted https://healthy.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Amendment_98_Sections_1-8.pdf
  34. ↑ Arkansas Medical Marijuana Special Privilege Tax Act of 2017 (Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-1504) levies a 4% special privilege tax on usable marijuana sales https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/arkansas/marijuana
  35. ↑ Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-1504 — the 4% privilege tax is levied on gross receipts / retail price (per_price); it also applies at the cultivator-to-dispensary transfer https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/arkansas/marijuana
  36. ↑ Arkansas state sales tax of 6.5% applies to medical marijuana purchases at dispensaries (in addition to the 4% privilege tax). AR DFA Sales & Use Tax https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/taxes/excise-tax-administration/sales-use-tax/sales-use-tax-rates/
  37. ↑ The 4% special privilege tax (Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-1504) also applies when a cultivator sells product to a dispensary; it is the same rate, not a separate/additional wholesale tax. [SECONDARY] AR DFA, via Talk Business: 'only the 4% applies when a cultivator sells product to a dispensary.' https://talkbusiness.net/2025/02/arkansas-medical-marijuana-pounds-sold-in-2024-up-more-than-20/
  38. ↑ Arkansas levies no potency/THC-tier tax; cannabis tax is percentage-of-price only (4% privilege + 6.5% sales). Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-1504 https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/arkansas/marijuana
  39. ↑ CALC (state-level): 6.5% state sales tax + 4% special privilege tax = 10.5% paid by the patient at the dispensary counter, before any local sales tax. AR DFA https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/taxes/excise-tax-administration/sales-use-tax/sales-use-tax-rates/
  40. ↑ Arkansas does NOT exempt medical marijuana from tax; both the 6.5% state sales tax and the 4% special privilege tax apply. Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-1504 https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/arkansas/marijuana
  41. ↑ State-level medical cannabis tax rate = 10.5% (6.5% sales + 4% privilege), before local sales tax. Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-1504; AR DFA https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/taxes/excise-tax-administration/sales-use-tax/sales-use-tax-rates/
  42. ↑ [SECONDARY] Talk Business & Politics, reporting AR DFA (Jan 23, 2026): CY2025 medical marijuana state tax revenue = $32.3M (record). Underlying primary: AR DFA https://talkbusiness.net/2026/01/arkansas-medical-marijuana-sales-set-new-record-in-2025/
  43. ↑ CALC: $32.3M CY2025 state tax revenue / 3,088,354 population = $10.46.
  44. ↑ The cannabis tax RATES (6.5% sales + 4% privilege) have not changed since the program launched; the only statutory change was making the previously-sunsetting privilege tax permanent (SB219 / Act 380, 2025), which did not alter the rate https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Bills/Detail?id=SB219&ddBienniumSession=2025/2025R
  45. ↑ Arkansas cannabis tax rates are unchanged since legalization (no increase or decrease). Ark. Code Ann. § 26-57-1504 https://www.salestaxhandbook.com/arkansas/marijuana
  46. ↑ [SECONDARY] MJBizDaily / Talk Business, reporting AR DFA (Jan 23, 2026): CY2025 total medical marijuana sales = $291.1M (record). Underlying primary: AR DFA https://mjbizdaily.com/news/arkansas-medical-cannabis-sales-hit-record-291-million-in-2025/614135/
  47. ↑ CALC: $291.1M CY2025 total medical marijuana sales / 3,088,354 population = $94.26.
  48. ↑ CALC: ($291.1M CY2025 - $275.9M CY2024) / $275.9M x 100 = +5.5%. [SECONDARY] AR DFA full-year figures via Talk Business/MJBizDaily https://mjbizdaily.com/news/arkansas-medical-cannabis-sales-hit-record-291-million-in-2025/614135/
  49. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 §8 caps cultivation at 8 facilities; the state has reached that maximum (peak = 8). [SECONDARY] MJBizDaily https://mjbizdaily.com/arkansas-adds-two-medical-cannabis-growers-to-fast-growing-market/
  50. ↑ All 8 cultivation facility licenses remain active; no confirmed surrender/revocation of a cultivation license. [SECONDARY] MJBizDaily https://mjbizdaily.com/arkansas-adds-two-medical-cannabis-growers-to-fast-growing-market/
  51. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 contains no social equity program; licensing is a merit-scoring system with a residency-control structure (60% Arkansas-resident ownership for 7 years), not an equity preference. [SECONDARY] MPP overview of Arkansas's medical marijuana amendment https://www.mpp.org/states/arkansas/overview-arkansass-medical-marijuana-amendment/
  52. ↑ Arkansas Constitution Amendment 98 creates no equity fund; cannabis tax revenue is directed largely to the UAMS National Cancer Institute designation effort and general purposes https://healthy.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Amendment_98_Sections_1-8.pdf
  53. ↑ Arkansas provides record relief through the general Comprehensive Criminal Record Sealing Act of 2013 (A.C.A. § 16-90-1401 et seq.); a marijuana-specific sealing petition form is published by the Secretary of State. There is no cannabis-specific automatic expungement statute https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/Amended_Marijuana_Expungement_Petition_Page.pdf
  54. ↑ Arkansas record sealing is petition-based, not automatic; no record is sealed automatically by passage of time (A.C.A. § 16-90-1401 et seq.) https://www.sos.arkansas.gov/uploads/Amended_Marijuana_Expungement_Petition_Page.pdf
  55. ↑ Arkansas ABC Medical Marijuana Rules RR 21.2-21.4 — a license may be suspended, revoked, or assessed a monetary fine of up to $5,000 for any violation of the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FAssembly%2FMeeting+Attachments%2F045%2FI15776%2FABC+-+Medical+Marijuana+Rules.pdf
  56. ↑ A.C.A. § 5-64-439 (manufacture of a Schedule VI controlled substance) and § 5-64-440 (trafficking). Weight-tiered classes per A.C.A. § 5-4-401/501. [SECONDARY] NORML Arkansas penalties, pin-citing the statutes https://norml.org/laws/arkansas-penalties/
  57. ↑ A.C.A. § 5-64-436 (delivery/possession with intent, Schedule VI), § 5-64-408 (enhancements), § 5-64-440 (trafficking, 500 lb+ = Class Y). [SECONDARY] NORML Arkansas penalties, pin-citing the statutes https://norml.org/laws/arkansas-penalties/
  58. ↑ A.C.A. § 5-64-419 — possession of 4 oz (113.4 g) or more of marijuana is a felony (4 oz to <10 lb = Class D felony); less than 4 oz is a Class A misdemeanor. [SECONDARY] NORML, pin-citing § 5-64-419(b)(5) https://norml.org/laws/arkansas-penalties/
  59. ↑ A.C.A. § 5-64-419 — the 4 oz threshold keys to possession. [SECONDARY] NORML https://norml.org/laws/arkansas-penalties/
  60. ↑ A.C.A. § 5-64-419 (possession tiers) and Amendment 98 §3 (2.5 oz / 14-day patient limit). [SECONDARY] NORML Arkansas penalties https://norml.org/laws/arkansas-penalties/
  61. ↑ Arkansas DWI is impairment-based (A.C.A. § 5-65-103 / definition § 5-65-102); there is no per se THC blood limit and no drug zero-tolerance provision. [SECONDARY] NORML Arkansas drugged driving https://norml.org/laws/drugged-driving/arkansas-drugged-driving/
  62. ↑ Amendment 98 (2016) created patient/caregiver immunity but did not amend the Schedule VI criminal penalty tiers (A.C.A. Title 5, Ch. 64); no cannabis penalty has been increased. [SECONDARY] NORML Arkansas penalties https://norml.org/laws/arkansas-penalties/
  63. ↑ Net direction unchanged: medical immunity was layered over an intact criminal code; personal-use possession was not decriminalized for non-patients. [SECONDARY] NORML Arkansas penalties https://norml.org/laws/arkansas-penalties/
  64. ↑ Amendment 98 §3 + A.C.A. Title 5, Ch. 64 https://healthy.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/Amendment_98_Sections_1-8.pdf
  65. ↑ [SECONDARY] NORML Arkansas marijuana arrests, compiling FBI NIBRS data: ~5,437 total marijuana arrests in 2023 (4,976 possession + 461 sales). Underlying primary: FBI Crime Data Explorer (NIBRS) https://norml.org/marijuana/library/state-marijuana-arrests/arkansas-marijuana-arrests/
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