{"id":74937,"date":"2024-05-03T06:04:39","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T14:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/arkansas-medical-marijuana-dispensary-gets-license-revoked-over-alleged-violations\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:45:40","slug":"arkansas-medical-marijuana-dispensary-gets-license-revoked-over-alleged-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/arkansas-medical-marijuana-dispensary-gets-license-revoked-over-alleged-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas Medical Marijuana Dispensary Gets License Revoked Over Alleged Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\u201cThe revocation is the result of ongoing violations, most recently for selling more than 1,800 expired products.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

By Tess Vrbin, Arkansas Advocate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arkansas\u2019s Alcoholic Beverage Control Division revoked a Hot Springs medical marijuana dispensary\u2019s license Thursday, the first revocation of its kind in the five years medical cannabis sales have been legal in the state.<\/p>\n

Dragan Vicentic, owner of Green Springs Medical Marijuana Dispensary, said in an interview that he will appeal ABC\u2019s decision to its board. The appeal will allow the business to remain operational until the issue is resolved, according to a Department of Finance and Administration news release.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe revocation is the result of ongoing violations, most recently for selling more than 1,800 expired products,\u201d the news release states. \u201cABC enforcement agents conducted an undercover purchase of expired products in October 2023 following a verbal warning regarding these products.\u201d<\/p>\n

ABC issued the dispensary a fine after two inspections last year, Vicentic said, and he made a case for reducing the fine. He said the issues at hand were \u201cfully explainable\u201d and he was surprised at ABC\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought the fine amount would be reduced because of my satisfactory explanation, and the next thing I knew, the director asked for a revocation of the license, which I thought was very extreme,\u201d Vicentic said.<\/p>\n

Trent Minner, leader of the finance department\u2019s regulatory division, said in the news release that Green Springs has had \u201cover 50 violations and warnings over the last four years.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA license to operate in the medical marijuana industry in Arkansas is a privilege not to be taken lightly,\u201d Minner said. \u201cWhen state law is consistently disregarded, ABC has a duty to revoke the license.\u201d<\/p>\n

Green Springs\u2019s previous violations of medical marijuana regulations include:<\/p>\n