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Arkansas Medical Marijuana Applications Total 300,000 Pages, $3M in Fees

322 submissions for the state's five cultivation facility and 32 dispensary licenses were received.


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Natural State is weeding out a high number of applicants for limited spots in the budding medical marijuana business. 

The Alcoholic Beverage Control received a total of 322 submissions for the state's five cultivation facility and 32 dispensary licenses.

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"We knew people would wait until the last day but 200 different applications in the last day? That is not something we had in mind," said Scott Hardin, the ABC spokesperson. "When people were sleeping outside in lawn chairs overnight, that was a pretty good indication that it was going to be busy. You normally don't see people fighting to get into government buildings in the morning."

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Hardin said 224 applications were to sell medical marijuana while 98 were to grow.

The total application fees came to $3.15 million, $1.68 million for dispensaries and $1.47 million for cultivation facilities.

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