Eight former employees at a medical marijuana dispensary in Helena, Arkansas were arrested by the Alcoholic Beverage Enforcement Division (ABC) and accused of fraud. The ABC announced on Monday that after a “lengthy” investigation into the Green Light Dispensary,

The Arkansas agency that regulates the distribution of controlled substances arrested eight former employees of a medical marijuana dispensary in the Delta, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division’s enforcement arm announced Monday in a news release.

The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control, which oversees the state’s medical marijuana program, said the scheme involved selling marijuana out of a dispensary to people without medical cards.

Eight former employees at a medical marijuana dispensary in Helena, Arkansas, were arrested by the Alcoholic Beverage Enforcement Division (ABC) and accused of fraud.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An effort to expand Arkansas’ medical marijuana program fell short of the required signatures and won’t qualify for the November ballot, Secretary of State John Thurston said Monday. Arkansans for Patient Access, the group behind the measure, said it planned to take legal action to appeal Thurston’s decision.

Authorities said the group used the information of deceased, elderly and out-of-state patients to illegally obtain medical marijuana from the dispensary.

Eight former employees of a medical marijuana dispensary in Helena -- including a former officer with the Helena Police Department -- have been arrested on felony charges of obtaining drugs by fraud,

The Arkansas Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division (ABC Enforcement) arrested eight former employees of a medical marijuana dispensary in Helena.