Despite the fact that the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission has not yet received applications for pot-growing and cultivation facilities and that there have been only two submissions to locate a cannabis dispensary within the state in less than three weeks, the state is still issuing medical marijuana registry identification cards.
The state’s Department of Health has approved almost 800 medical marijuana registry identification cards. These cars will enable Arkansas citizens to obtain Arkansas-grown, doctor-prescribed pot and other cannabis-related medical products.
The cars will be provided to the patients only a month before the product is available.
Applications for dispensaries are due by September 18th and those accepted will be time-stamped. Applicants must then submit a payment voucher for the required fee of $15,000 and must also provide proof of assets or a surety bond in the amount of $1 million and proof of at least $500,000 in liquid assets.
“Other than announcing the actual applicants that have been licensed, we don’t plan to make any announcements on the process to select the winners,” said DFA spokesman Scott Hardin.
