Arkansas recorded greater than $240.9 million in medical marijuana gross sales by means of the primary 10 months of 2025, based on new state figures.
That’s a wholesome enhance of 5.75% over the identical interval final 12 months and means the state remains to be on tempo to interrupt its personal gross sales file, the Arkansas Division of Finance and Administration (DFA) stated.
“2025 gross sales ought to actually surpass the earlier annual file of $284 million,” company spokesperson Scott Hardin stated.
That determine was set in 2023.
Gross sales over the primary 10 months of 2024 totaled $227.8 million.
Report tempo for Arkansas medical marijuana gross sales
“Along with the year-to-year-increase within the general spend, complete kilos bought this 12 months are at 65,525, a rise of three,400 kilos from 2024,” Hardin stated.
In October, medical marijuana gross sales totaled $25.2 million for six,883 kilos. That was up from $22.7 million for six,350 kilos in September, based on the DFA.
The Arkansas Division of Well being studies 112,760 lively affected person playing cards.
Arkansas voters legalized medical marijuana by means of a constitutional modification in 2016. The modification permits the state to award as much as 40 dispensary licenses.
To this point, Medical Marijuana Fee has awarded 38 licenses. Secretary of Finance Jim Hudson has stated he’s in no hurry to award the ultimate two medical marijuana licenses.
In April, Gov. Sarah Huckabee vetoed a invoice that will have legalized drive-thru home windows, dispensary excursions and loosened rules round MMJ deliveries, claiming it “would increase entry to usable marijuana.”
