by Paul Gatling (pgatling@nwabj.com)
In August of 2020, late on a Friday afternoon, Rogers attorney Jim Smith got a phone call from Alex Gray, an attorney in Little Rock.
Gray wanted to hire Smith, considered one of Arkansas’ leading and most highly experienced business lawyers, to acquire one of Arkansas’ eight cannabis cultivation licenses. Gray was an investor with an operation that wanted the license — Good Day Farm Arkansas LLC.
Arkansas voters approved the legalization of medical marijuana in November 2016, with 53% of the vote. State lawmakers and regulators were slow to develop and implement the rules for issuing cultivation and dispensary licenses, and a series of legal actions hampered the process.
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Jim Smith, president of business at Good Day Farm.