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Arkansas to send reserve funds to UAMS for cancer center, redirect medical marijuana tax

BY: - April 12, 2023

Arkansas will send $100 million in reserve funds over the next two years to the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ pursuit of recognition from the National Cancer Institute, known as NCI designation. But that doesn’t mean the 4% privilege tax on medical marijuana that had funded the NCI efforts will go away. Instead, state […]