Officials in socially conservative Jackson County don't want one of the five medical-marijuana cultivation facilities coming to Arkansas later this year; they want all five.
In medical pot, leaders in the small northeast Arkansas county see more than a controversial drug. They see the economic boost and charity the cannabis growers would provide to the economically depressed region.
The jobs and the tax dollars are the obvious benefit, but hopeful cannabis cultivators are sweetening the pot in more creative ways.
One group has pledged to establish a foundation that would fund early-childhood education for low-income children.
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