A state representative and a bank president have submitted letters to support Greenlight Little Rock's proposed move, while the Sherwood mayor opposes it.
After state regulators fined Leafology over smell issues last year, the cultivators say they're doing "everything they can" to mitigate odors. But the facility's neighbors, like Phil Higdon, are still unhappy.
The amendment would extend patient cards to three years, eliminate fees on patient cards and allow patients to grow up to seven plants. Marijuana advocates Melissa Fults and David Couch said today they support the measure.
The state now collects around $31 million a year in tax revenue from medical marijuana sale, some of which is being used to further subsidize the meals of students receiving reduced-price school lunches.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chip Welch was unconvinced that marijuana's status under federal law should limit advertising in the state cannabis industry.