An outside group signed an agreement Thursday with the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission to score dispensary applications.The Public Consulting Group in Boston, Massachusetts, will grade 203 applications to dispense medical marijuana in Arkansas.Licenses will be awarded to 32 dispensaries across eight districts in the state.The next step is a meeting between the group and the members of the commission. That date has not yet been set.The group will have 30 days following that meeting to score the applications. Dispensary licenses will likely be issued in November, DEA spokesperson told 40/29 News.

An outside group signed an agreement Thursday with the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission to score dispensary applications.

The Public Consulting Group in Boston, Massachusetts, will grade 203 applications to dispense medical marijuana in Arkansas.


Licenses will be awarded to 32 dispensaries across eight districts in the state.

The next step is a meeting between the group and the members of the commission. That date has not yet been set.



The group will have 30 days following that meeting to score the applications. Dispensary licenses will likely be issued in November, DEA spokesperson told 40/29 News.