Arkansas allows only medical cannabis under Constitutional Amendment 98. Little Rock zones licensed dispensaries to commercial and industrial districts with state-mandated buffers; recreational sales remain illegal after the 2022 ballot defeat.
Following voter approval of Arkansas Constitutional Amendment 98 in 2016, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission licenses dispensaries statewide. Little Rock implements state requirements through its zoning code, generally permitting dispensaries in commercial (C-3, C-4) and industrial districts and prohibiting them in residential and downtown mixed-use zones. State law requires a 1,500-foot buffer from public or private K-12 schools, churches, and daycares, measured property line to property line. Recreational adult-use cannabis remains illegal in Arkansas after Issue 4 failed at the November 2022 ballot. New dispensary licenses are capped at the state level.
Operating an unlicensed dispensary or violating buffer rules can trigger state license revocation, city zoning enforcement, and felony state controlled-substance charges.
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