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Arkansas Cannabis Official Sources — ADH, AMMC, ABC, DFA

Arkansas’s medical cannabis program is administered across four state agencies. Patient registry through ADH; business licensing through AMMC; inspections and seed-to-sale through ABC; tax administration through DFA. Statutes: Ark. Code Title 5 Ch. 64 (criminal) and Constitutional Amendment 98 / Ark. Code § 20-56 (medical).

Last verified: May 2026

Arkansas Department of Health (ADH), Medical Marijuana Section

The state agency that operates the patient and caregiver registry under Amendment 98 § 5.

  • Online portal: mmj.adh.arkansas.gov
  • Phone: (501) 682-4982
  • Mailing address: 4815 W. Markham St., Slot 4, Little Rock, AR 72205
  • Functions: Patient applications and renewals, caregiver registration, visiting-patient cards, qualifying-condition petitions, practitioner registration.

Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission (AMMC)

Five gubernatorially appointed commissioners. Administers business licensing under Amendment 98 § 8.

  • Information available through: the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration at dfa.arkansas.gov.
  • Functions: Cultivation facility licensing, dispensary licensing, processor licensing, transporter licensing. Reviewing license applications, scoring, and issuing the 8 cultivator + 40 dispensary licenses authorized by Amendment 98.

Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Division (ABC), DFA

An arm of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration that handles licensee inspections, agent registration cards, and enforcement, including the seed-to-sale tracking system that enforces the 2.5 oz / 14-day patient cap statewide.

  • Phone: (501) 682-1105
  • Functions: Licensee inspections, agent registration cards, seed-to-sale tracking, hemp-product enforcement (under Act 629 / Act 934).

Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA)

The state revenue agency that collects all medical-cannabis taxes (the 6.5% sales tax + the 4% privilege tax stacked at both wholesale and retail).

  • Website: dfa.arkansas.gov
  • Public spokesman: Scott Hardin handles most cannabis-related public communications, including monthly sales-and-tax-revenue reports.
  • Functions: Tax administration, monthly sales reporting, AMMC information dissemination, ABC enforcement support.

Arkansas Office of the Attorney General

The state’s legal counsel and ballot-title reviewer.

  • Website: arkansasag.gov
  • Current AG: Tim Griffin (R), since 2023.
  • Functions: Reviews ballot-title language for citizen-initiated constitutional amendments before they may circulate signatures. Defends state cannabis statutes in federal litigation. Certified Act 934 enforcement on August 27, 2025.

The Underlying Statutes

Constitutional Amendment 98 of 2016

The Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016, codified as Constitutional Amendment 98 of the Arkansas Constitution. Includes:

  • § 2(13) — the 18 qualifying conditions list.
  • § 3(a) — the 2.5 oz / 14-day patient purchase limit.
  • § 3(c) — the medical-card non-defense to DUI.
  • § 3(f)(3) — the workplace non-discrimination provision (with employer drug-free-workplace carve-outs).
  • § 5 — patient and caregiver registration framework.
  • § 6(b) — the home-cultivation prohibition.
  • § 8 — the 8 cultivation / 40 dispensary license caps and zone allocation.

Ark. Code Title 5, Chapter 64 (Uniform Controlled Substances Act)

  • § 5-64-411 — school-zone delivery enhancement (10-year add-on within 1,000 ft of school, park, daycare, housing).
  • § 5-64-419 — possession penalty schedule (Schedule VI).
  • § 5-64-420 — delivery.
  • § 5-64-436, § 5-64-438 — manufacture / cultivation.
  • § 5-64-440 — trafficking (Class Y felony at 500+ lbs).
  • § 5-64-443 — paraphernalia (including the Class D felony for paraphernalia "to grow").
  • § 5-64-505 — civil asset forfeiture.

Ark. Code Title 5, Chapter 65 (DWI / DUI)

  • § 5-65-102 — DUI definitions (impairment-based, no per se THC).
  • § 5-65-103 — DUI offenses.
  • § 5-65-107 — statutory bar on plea-bargaining DWI charges down.
  • § 5-65-111, 112 — DUI penalty schedule.
  • § 5-65-202 — implied consent.
  • § 5-65-205 — refusal-of-testing 180-day suspension.

Ark. Code § 20-56-101 et seq.

The implementing statutes for Amendment 98, including the ADH Rules Governing the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Program.

Act 629 of 2023 (SB 358) and Act 934 of 2025

The hemp / Delta-8 / hemp-derived intoxicant control statutes. Sponsor: Sen. Tyler Dees. See Act 629 page.

Act 122 of 2025 (SB 59)

The Food Insecurity Fund / school-breakfast statute. Sponsor: Sen. Jonathan Dismang. Routes medical-cannabis tax revenue to universal free school breakfast. See SB 59 page.

Cross-Border State Resources

  • Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation: cannabis.mo.gov (recreational, no AR reciprocity).
  • Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority (OMMA): oklahoma.gov/omma. AR cardholders can apply online for a 30-day temporary out-of-state license at $100.
  • Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program: mmcp.ms.gov.
  • Louisiana Therapeutic Cannabis Program: Louisiana Board of Pharmacy.

Federal Resources

  • U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA): dea.gov. Cannabis remains a Schedule I controlled substance under federal law.
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS): 2024 recommendation to reschedule cannabis to Schedule III pending DEA finalization.
  • U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ): Maintains the federal Cole Memorandum / current enforcement-priority guidance.

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