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Arkansas medical marijuana regulators broke their own rules and made up new ones -- violating the state constitution -- to give a cultivation license to an obviously unqualified candidate, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herb Wright found. He ordered that the license, the last of eight available, be rescinded and re-awarded using proper procedures.
State medical marijuana regulators accused in a lawsuit of improperly awarding the last of Arkansas' eight cultivation licenses might have their differences about how to proceed with the litigation but the latest court filings show they are united in opposing a lawsuit over the license.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herb Wright said he expects to decide by the end of the week whether to strip a Fort Smith medical marijuana grower of its cultivation license, the final one to be awarded, over accusations that state regulators wrongly awarded the license two years ago.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herb Wright said he expects to decide by the end of the week whether to strip a Fort Smith medical marijuana grower of its cultivation license, the final one to be awarded, over accusations that state regulators wrongly awarded the license two years ago.
Litigation to strip a Fort Smith medical marijuana cultivation facility of its grower's license is on the fast track to be decided by a Pulaski County Circuit judge amid accusations that state regulators, their lawyers included, have deliberately lied or engaged in other unethical practices.