Prominent Arkansans have accused their attorney friends of setting them up as figurehead owners of medical marijuana dispensaries, sticking them with massive tax bills and casting new doubts on the integrity of the state s cannabis licensing system.
The attorney defendants in two lawsuits claiming that they set up straw owners for two medical marijuana dispensaries fired back legally on Friday, filing their own suit against their accusers: their former law partner and the ex-CEO of the Arkansas Pharmacists Association.