Despite nearly 80,000 registered medical marijuana users in Arkansas, little is known about how they are consuming the packaged drug and to what effect. With federal grant funding, an eight-member research team from Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have launched a three-year study to find out.
First State Medical Marijuana Utilization Study in the Nation Underway in Arkansas
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J. Froelich
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Ozarks at Large