Despite some setbacks in 2024, Arkansas' medical marijuana program is seeing increased activity in terms of the number of registered patients.
In 2016, the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment was given the thumbs up by state voters, with 53.17% supporting it. But it wasn't until mid-May 2019 that medical marijuana became available, due to lawsuits and lawmakers fiddling with the Amendment. At that point, around 11,000 patients had an active ID card.
As at the end of June last year, there were 101,006 active medical marijuana ID cards in the state. By December 2028, that had risen to 108,957.
As at the end of June 2024, the most prevalent qualifying medical condition among cardholders was post-traumatic stress disorder (34.9%), followed by intractable pain, (29.0%) severe arthritis (11.5%), peripheral neuropathy (5.3%) and fibromyalgia (4.2%). There are currently a total of 18 qualifying conditions, and more can be added through a petition process.
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