KFSM:
With almost 80,000 active patients in Arkansas, medical marijuana sales surpassed $250 million in 2021. A total of $254 million has been spent this year at the state’s 37 dispensaries.
Scott Hardin, a spokesperson for the Arkansas Department of Finance & Administration, says Arkansans have spent $486 million on the drug since it first became available to patients in the summer of 2019.