Medical marijuana generates October revenue for state

Robert Medley, Fort Smith Times Record
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Recreational marijuana may have failed at the polls this month, but sales of medical marijuana in October continued to show a steady source of revenue for the state.

Medical marijuana patients spent about $23.4 million in October at the state’s 38 dispensaries to obtain 4,588 pounds. Of the sales, $2.77 million goes to state tax, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration reports.

Natural Relief Dispensary of Sherwood had the largest month with 443 pounds sold while Suite 443 Hot Springs. followed with 414 pounds.

Six Arkansas dispensaries sold more than 200 pounds in October.

Through the first ten months of 2022, patients have spent $228.4 million to obtain 41,188 pounds of medical marijuana, said Scott Hardin, spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

State tax collection on medical marijuana was $2.77 million in October, bringing the total for the year to $26.75 million, Hardin reports.

"Since the state’s medical marijuana industry launched in 2019, the largest year for sales was 2021 at $264.9 million. Sales for 2022 should ultimately reach $275 million if sales remain consistent in November and December,” Hardin said.

The Arkansas Department of Health reports 90,148 active patient .

Arkansas medical marijuana October 2022 sales total 4,588 pounds sold in October. Here is a breakdown of dispensary sales below:

• Acanza, Fayetteville, sold 150.96 pounds of medical marijuana in October.

• Arkansas Natural Products, Clinton, sold 70.13 pounds.

• Berner’s by Good Day Farm, Little Rock, sold 138.22 pounds.

• Body and Mind Dispensary, West Memphis, sold 121.09 pounds.

• CROP, Jonesboro, sold 310.54 pounds.

• Curaleaf, Little Rock, sold 75.16 pounds of medical marijuana.

• Custom Cannabis, Alexander, sold 114.84 pounds.

• Good Day Farm Texarkana, sold 51.44 pounds.

• Green Springs Medical, Hot Springs, sold 182.64 pounds.

• Greenlight Dispensary, Helena, sold 32.82 pounds.

• Delta Cannabis, West Memphis, sold 109.32 pounds.

• Good Day Monticello, Monticello, sold 32.61 pound.

• Enlightened Cannabis for People, Arkadelphia, sold 25.66 pounds.

• Enlightened Cannabis for People, Heber Springs, sold 79.34 pounds.

• Enlightened Cannabis for People, Morrilton, sold 58.51 pounds.

• Enlightened Cannabis for People, Clarksville, sold 47.84 pounds.

• Fiddler’s Green, Mountain View, sold 99.85 pounds.

• 420 Dispensary, Russellville, sold 50.68 pounds.

• Good Day Farm, Van Buren, sold 84.72 pounds of medical marijuana in October.

• Greenlight West Memphis sold 49.07 pounds.

• Hash Co., Pine Bluff, sold 11.04 pounds.

• Harvest, Conway, sold 215.75 pounds.

• High Bank Cannabis< Pine Bluff, sold 190.55 pounds.

• Native Green Hensley, Hensley, sold 35.79 pounds.

• Native Green Little Rock, Little Rock, sold 54.22 pounds.

• Natural Relief Dispensary, Sherwood, sold 443.11 pounds.

• NEA Full Spectrum, Brookland, sold 120.91 pounds.

• Osage Creek Dispensary, Eureka Springs, sold 54.20 pounds.

• Plant Family Therapeutics, Mountain Home, sold 185.55 pounds.

Purspirit Cannabis, Fayetteville, sold 214.85 pounds.

• The Greenery, Fort Smith sold 84.61 pounds.

• The Releaf Center, Bentonville, sold 292.92 pounds.

• The Source, Bentonville, sold 145.48 pounds.

• Suite 443, Hot Springs, sold 414.55 pounds.

• SuperFarm, Texarkana, sold 42.72 pounds.

• Spring River Dispensary, Hardy, sold 104.34 pounds.

• The Treatment Cannabis Dispensary, Pine Bluff, sold 37.70 pounds.

• Zen Leaf, El Dorado, sold 54.99 pounds.

This article originally appeared on Fort Smith Times Record: Medical marijuana sales in Arkansas reported for October