Arizona to Issue 30 New Medical-Marijuana Dispensary Licenses

Arizona Health Department Says It’ll Grant About 30 More Dispensary Licenses AZDHS will accept applications this summer for about 30 new medical marijuana dispensary licenses in Arizona. The Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ announced in a blog post, the need for licensing and describes the current state of cannabis business in Arizona: […]

19 tons of medical marijuana consumed in Arizona in 2015

Arizona’s nearly 88,000 medical marijuana patients smoke, ate or otherwise consumed more than 19 tons of the drug last year. An estimated $184 million was spent on the drug legally. This is just the beginning of the medical marijuana consumed in Arizona. The disclosures come as the Marijuana Policy Project, which successfully got voters to […]

Marijuana legalization campaign nearing signature goal, supporters say

AZCentral provides an update on Arizona’s campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. A marijuana legalization campaign is nearing its goal of gathering 150,000 valid signatures to get on the November ballot. The  initiative would ask Arizona voters to legalize marijuana for recreational use and establish a network of licensed cannabis shops where sales of the drug would […]