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Committee considers patient-access changes for medical marijuana; delivery and drive-through provisions defeated on roll call
Summary
A bill to modernize aspects of the medical marijuana program—allowing dispensary invitation-only tours, drive-through dispensing for preordered patient purchases, and reducing delivery-driver requirements from two employees to one with security measures—was presented; the committee rejected the bill on a roll call.
Sen. Joshua Bryant presented House Bill 1889, which the sponsor described as a patient-focused modernization of the Arkansas medical marijuana program. Key provisions included authorization for invitation-only tours of dispensaries for stakeholders, allowing a drive-through window for preordered dispensing similar to pharmacy models, and reducing delivery driver staffing from two employees to one if GPS tracking and security protocols are in place.
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