Arkansas recorded greater than $240.9 million in scientific marijuana gross sales via the primary 10 months of 2025, in step with new state figures.
That’s a wholesome expand of five.75% over the similar length final 12 months and way the state is nonetheless on tempo to damage its personal gross sales document, the Arkansas Division of Finance and Management (DFA) mentioned.
“2025 gross sales must indisputably surpass the former annual document of $284 million,” company spokesperson Scott Hardin mentioned.
That determine used to be set in 2023.
Gross sales over the primary 10 months of 2024 totaled $227.8 million.
Report tempo for Arkansas scientific marijuana gross sales
“Along with the year-to-year-increase within the general spend, overall kilos bought this 12 months are at 65,525, an expand of three,400 kilos from 2024,” Hardin mentioned.
In October, scientific marijuana gross sales totaled $25.2 million for six,883 kilos. That used to be up from $22.7 million for six,350 kilos in September, in step with the DFA.
The Arkansas Division of Well being reviews 112,760 lively affected person playing cards.
Arkansas citizens legalized scientific marijuana via a constitutional modification in 2016. The modification lets in the state to award as much as 40 dispensary licenses.
Up to now, Scientific Marijuana Fee has awarded 38 licenses. Secretary of Finance Jim Hudson has mentioned he’s in no hurry to award the overall two scientific marijuana licenses.
In April, Gov. Sarah Huckabee vetoed a invoice that might have legalized drive-thru home windows, dispensary excursions and loosened laws round MMJ deliveries, claiming it “would make bigger get entry to to usable marijuana.”
