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A medical-marijuana licensing lawsuit that is blocking Arkansas authorities from certifying new dispensaries should be dismissed because the courts don't have the authority to second-guess the regulating process, and the plaintiff, a Black-owned company passed over for a seller's license, has waited too long to sue, state lawyers assert, among other arguments, in the latest court filings.
A medical-marijuana licensing lawsuit that is blocking Arkansas authorities from certifying new dispensaries should be dismissed because the courts don't have the authority to second-guess the regulating process, and the plaintiff, a Black-owned company passed over for a seller's license, has waited too long to sue, state lawyers assert, among other arguments, in the latest court filings.
Many farmers, and wannabe farmers, in Arkansas were excited when the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 made hemp farming legal, but the early rush into hemp farming in Arkansas has proved problematic.
A circuit court judge has temporarily blocked the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission from issuing more dispensary licenses until a lawsuit alleging racial bias in the panel's selection process is heard.