Growing cannabis at home is illegal in Fayetteville and across Arkansas. The state's Medical Marijuana Amendment (Amendment 98, 2016) allows medical use but gives patients no right to cultivate; all legal cannabis comes from state-licensed cultivation facilities. Recreational grows are a crime.
Arkansas legalized medical marijuana through Amendment 98 in 2016, but unlike many states it did not authorize patient home cultivation. Registered patients may only buy from licensed dispensaries; growing plants at home, medical card or not, remains a criminal offense under Arkansas law (possession and manufacturing statutes, Ark. Code §5-64-419 and §5-64-442). Recreational cannabis is not legal in Arkansas — voters rejected legalization at the ballot (Issue 4 in 2022), and later measures failed too. Fayetteville has no local ordinance permitting home grows and follows state law, so there is no lawful way to cultivate cannabis at a Fayetteville residence.
Cultivating cannabis without a state license is a crime under Arkansas law, carrying possible fines and jail; distribution of homegrown cannabis brings felony charges.
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