Marijuana Business Factbook 2019

Marijuana Business Factbook 2019 Chapter 2 | State-By-State: Legal Overview, Market Data and Outlook 34 © Copyright 2020, Marijuana Business Daily , a division of Anne Holland Ventures Inc. You may NOT copy this Factbook, or make public the data and facts contained herein, in part or in whole. For more copies or editorial permissions, contact CustomerService@MJBizDaily.com or call (720) 213-5992, ext. 1. ARIZONA Medical REGULATORY OVERVIEW Main measure Proposition 203 Type of measure Ballot initiative Year passed 2010 Margin of victory 50.1% to 49.9% (it won by just 4,341 votes out of nearly 1.7 million cast) Possession limit 2.5 ounces every 14-day period and up to 12 plants if patient is qualified to cultivate Patient registry Mandatory―patients must have a written recommendation from a physician Accepts patients registered with other states? No Home cultivation Yes, but only by patients (or their caregivers) who live more than 25 miles from a registered dispensary Restrictions on type of marijuana allowed to be sold? No Qualifying medical conditions ALS, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, Crohn’s disease, glaucoma, hepatitis C, HIV/AIDS and other conditions or diseases―or whose treatments―produce cachexia/wasting syndrome, severe and chronic pain, severe nausea, seizures including those characteristic of epilepsy and severe or persistent muscle spasms including those characteristic of multiple sclerosis Business regulations Heavy. Applicants must go through an extensive application and licensing process, and businesses are subject to regulation of all aspects of operations. Stand- alone, wholesale cultivation operations are prohibited. Dispensaries must grow their own medical cannabis, though they are permitted to transfer excess marijuana to another licensed dispensary. Stand-alone, wholesale infused products manufacturing is also prohibited. The state limits the total number of licenses available, most of which have already been awarded. Officials periodically assess whether the license limit needs to be amended.