Dispensary

marijuana cards may enter the dispensary with their children, she added.

“That’s a big enforcement that’s happening,” Hernandez said, stressing anyone who isn’t legally permitted in the dispensary will have to wait outside while patients shop.

Acanza offers marijuana in its traditional form as well as edibles and concentrated oils, she said.

The plan is for Acanza to eventually include a cultivation site, Hernandez said. The business has about 20 employees.

The region’s first dispensary, The ReLeaf Center, opened Aug. 7 on McNelly Road in Bentonville. Another dispensary, The Source, opened Aug. 15 on Razorback Drive in Bentonville. ReLeaf and The Source were the seventh and eighth dispensaries to open in the state.

ReLeaf served an estimated 287 customers its opening day, while The Source had about 160 customers its opening day.

ReLeaf will begin the process to become a cultivation site this winter, Buddy Wayne of the business said.

A patient or caregiver ID card is necessary to buy medical marijuana products.

More than 22,000 people in the state had the cards as of Friday, according to the Arkansas Department of Health.

Dispensaries in Arkansas had sold more than 1,275 pounds, or about $9.1 million worth, of medical marijuana as of Friday, said Scott Hardin, spokesman at the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration.

PurSpirit Cannabis, formerly called Northwest Arkansas Medical Cannabis Co. or Valentine Holdings, at 3390 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Fayetteville is projected to open by Nov. 1, a representative for the company said.

Acanza will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.