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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Members of Arkansas' medical marijuana regulatory commission used different scoring guides when ranking cannabis growing license applications earlier this year, causing inconsistencies in panelists' grading.

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette analyzed the five-member Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission's scoring of companies' applications.

The analysis found that Commissioners Travis Story, James Miller and Dr. Stephen Carroll turned in score sheets that showed the grader what the top possible score was for each category. Commissioner Carlos Roman used a scoring guide tha...