Arkansas
Medical Marijuana
Ark. Const. Amend. 98 §§ 1 to 25 (2018) 
2016 Issue 6
Medical Marijuana
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 9, 2016
The "Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment " (Attorney General's Opinion 2016-007)
Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration - Medical Marijuana Amendment
THE ARKANSAS MEDICAL MARIJUANA AMENDMENT OF 2016
§ 8. Licensing of dispensaries and cultivation facilities.
(m)(3)(A) A dispensary may grow or possess:
(i) Fifty (50) mature marijuana plants at any one (1) time plus seedlings;
(ii) All usable marijuana derived from the plants under subdivision (m)(3)(A)(i) of this section or predecessor plants.
§ 20. No implied repeal.
(b) This amendment acknowledges that marijuana use, possession, and distribution for any purpose remains illegal under federal law.
Just for reference, here is the federal penalty for six marijuana plants:
$250,000/$1 million — up to 5 years in prison — 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(D) (2018)
Industrial Hemp
Ark. Code §§ 2-15-401 to 2-15-412 (2018)
- Creates the Arkansas Industrial Hemp Program including a 10 year research program
- Authorizes the State Plant Board to adopt rules to administer the research program and license growers
- Requires the State Plant Board to provide an annual report starting Dec. 31, 2018
- Allows the University of Arkansas’s Division of Agriculture and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission to work with the State Plant Board
- Establishes a separate program fund, which will include feeds collected and other sources of funding
2017 Act No. 981
Industrial Hemp
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 2017
History
1971 Act No. 590
Uniform Controlled Substances Act
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 7, 1971
Resources
- Arkansas Legislature
- Arkansas Constitution
- Arkansas Statutes
- Arkansas Administrative Code
- Arkansas Session Laws
Page last updated on October 22, 2018