Arizona Medical Marijuana Program
Additional Resources
- The Arizona Medical Marijuana Program is now accepting Dispensary Registration Certificate Applications through 5PM May 25.
- View the latest daily Dispensary Application Report on our Dispensaries page.
When voters passed Proposition 203 in 2010, ADHS had 120 days to create a new program from scratch. The goal was to create the first truly medical marijuana program in the country. Staff from across the Department joined together to create a plan. The colossal undertaking included Information Technology systems for applications, reporting, and validating; staff combed through the rules in other states to help write the Arizona rules for how the program would work, how people could apply for the different types of licenses, when they could apply, how to add new debilitating diseases, among other things. Even though the initiative allowed the Department to avoid the normal rulemaking process, staff asked twice for written public comment and held four public hearings to gather public opinion.
On this page you will find many of those public comments, as well as some of the presentations and other relevant documents created during the process. Quickly jump to each specific section using the links below:
- Current Resources
- Historical Resources
- Public Comments: January 31, 2011 to February 18, 2011
- Public Comments: December 17, 2010 to January 7, 2011
Current Resources
- Compassion – First Ruling
- U.S. Attorney for Arizona letter to Governor Brewer
- Governor Brewer's Letter to U.S. Attorney for Arizona
- AZ Attorney General Files Complaint Regarding Cannabis Clubs
- U.S. Department of Justice Guidance Regarding the Ogden Memo in Jurisdictions Seeking to Authorize Marijuana for Medical Use
- Arizona's Complaint for Declaratory Judgment
- U.S. Attorney for Arizona Comments on AZ Medical Marijuana Law
- Arizona Medical Marijuana Rules
- Medical Marijuana Act AZ Statutes
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Historical Resources
- Public Comment on Draft Rules 03/28//2011
- Arizona Medical Marijuana: The Basics 03/28/2011
- Arizona Medical Marijuana: The Clinical Perspective 03/28/2011
- Draft Rules 01/31/2011
- Call for Public Comment 01/29/2011
- Comments on Initial Draft Rules
- Initial Draft Rules 12/17/2010
- Call for Public Comment 12/16/2010
- Proposition 203
- Prop 203 Analysis by Legislative Council 8/12/2010
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Public Comments from January 31, 2011 to February 18, 2011
On January 31, 2011, the Department posted the medical marijuana draft rules for public comment period and received the following comments via online survey during the comment period from January 31 to February 18, 2011:
- Question 1: What parts of the draft rules do you believe are effective?
- Question 2: How can the draft rules be improved?
- Question 3: Do you have any specific language to improve the rules?
- Question 4: Has anything been left out that should be in the rules?
The Department also received the comments below at the four public meetings held during February 14 to 17, 2011:
In addition, the Department received the following written comments:
Public Comments from December 17, 2010 to January 7, 2011
On December 17, 2010, the Department posted the medical marijuana initial draft rules for public comment and received the following comments via online survey during the comment period from December 17, 2010 to January 7, 2011:
- Question 1: What parts of the draft rules do you believe are effective?
- Question 2: How can the draft rules be improved?
- Question 3: Do you have any specific language to improve the rules?
- Question 4: Has anything been left out that should be in the rules?
The Department also received the additional comments below:
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Group B |
Group C |
Group D
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