Recreational Marijuana

Flora Farms, a Missouri-based marijuana cultivator and dispensary, opened up a storefront in Pineville this month. The new location serves both medical and recreational marijuana to patrons over the age of 21 right on the Arkansas-Missouri state line. CEO of Flora Farms, Mark Hendren, is an Arkansas native hoping to expand the business’s footprint in Southwest Missouri.

On today's episode, some Arkansans are traveling to Missouri for recreational marijuana and transporting purchases back across state lines remains a federal felony offense. Plus, investigative journalist Jerry Mitchell will speak about his book, "Race Against Time. The book follows his work that reopened cold murder cases of civil rights activists. Also, a panel discusses food insecurity in Northwest Arkansas in a new episode of KUAF's "Undisciplined." The latest on from the Arkansas Legislature, an upcoming discussion on no-knock warrants and more.

Recreational marijuana is now legal to purchase in Missouri by adults age 21 and over, living in-state or out-of-state, with just a valid government-issue photo ID. Several hundred dispensaries recently licensed by the state to sell adult-use cannabis like Flora Farms, with locations across southwest Missouri, report being patronized by a growing number of Arkansans, who are unable to purchase legal pot back home. But transporting purchases back across state lines remains a federal felony offense.

Recreational marijuana is on this year's ballot in Arkansas, and travel guru Rick Steves says the many tropes about marijuana use are untrue and that regulating recreational use provides users the civil liberties they deserve.

One of Arkansas' main proponents of marijuana reform is speaking out in opposition of a proposed amendment to allow recreational use of the drug.

On today's show, how are Arkansans feeling about the recreational marijuana ballot measure? Plus, a rise in building permits in the Fort Smith metro, a rundown of activities in the area and much more.

A Talk Business & Politics-Hendrix College Poll from mid-September shows strong support for Arkansas Issue 4, which would legalize recreational marijuana for adults 21 and over. Robert Coon, managing partner with Impact Management Group, which works with Republican political candidates, provides some analysis of the polling and what opponents and advocates of the ballot measure will do leading up to the election.

On today's show, bringing more women into the supply chain industry. Plus, the countdown to deciding the legalization of recreational marijuana, battling food insecurity in Arkansas and much more.

On the latest episode of Natural Election, we discuss the winding road that brought us to a ballot measure to legalize recreational marijuana in Arkansas.

This week's conversation between Roby Brock, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, and John Brummett, a political columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, includes discussion about the arguments we are likely to hear regarding Arkansas Issue 4.