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View the CHAA Map to Locate Addresses Within CHAAs & Information about CHAAs

Arizona Department of Health Services rules divide Arizona into 126 areas called Community Health Analysis Areas (CHAA).  The rules limit the number of Arizona medical marijuana dispensaries in a CHAA to ONE!  The goal of ADHS Director Will Humble is to disperse the 125 dispensaries throughout Arizona to minimize the number of patients [...]

CHAA on This!

I am part of a group that plans to apply for one of the medical marijuana dispensary licenses to be awarded by the Arizona Department of Health Services. I believe the method the AZDHS has chosen to distribute the licenses throughout the State is flawed. Here are some of the reasons.

Marijuana Dispensary Plan Defies Business Logic; Politics Replaces Economics 101

Ray Stern of the Phoenix New Times wrote a blog post on February 2, 2011, that discusses the folly of Arizona Department of Health Services’ new plan to disperse medical marijuana dispensaries throughout Arizona without any regard to reality.  Ray says:

“this plan is – we’ve gotta say it — half-baked.  To keep [...]

DHS Divides Arizona into 126 Community Health Analysis Areas (CHAAs) for Dispensary Locations

The second draft of the Arizona Department of Health Services medical marijuana rules apparently divided Arizona into 126 areas where dispensaries can be located.  These areas are called “Community Health Analysis Areas (CHAAs).”  See the map of the CHAAs.  Read DHS Director Will Humble’s January 28, 2011, explaination of CHAAs in which he [...]