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Tucson’s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary Approved to Open

Arizona Daily Star: “Tucson’s first medical marijuana dispensary has received state approval to open. Now the owner has to decide on a date. ‘Right now we haven’t decided when we will open up,’ said Rouben Beglarian. ‘We’re going to have a couple meetings with staff members and see when they feel comfortable.’ Beglarian’s [...]

Arizona Issues 97 Medical Marijuana Dispensary Registration Certificates

Yesterday the Arizona Department of Health Services conducted its lottery to pick “winners” to receive medical marijuana dispensary registration certificates in the areas that had more than one qualified applicant. The winners must now open their dispensaries before their registration certificates expire.

Arizona Republic: Arizona begins selecting medical-marijuana dispensaries. “On Tuesday, the state [...]

Will Humble Explains Tuesday’s Dispensary Lottery

On August 3, 2012, Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, posted the following on his blog:

Next Tuesday (August 7) is “Selection Tuesday” for our medical marijuana dispensary applicants. By the end of the day, we’ll have whittled the initial pool of 486 medical marijuana dispensary applications [...]

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Lottery Coming Tuesday, and Will Be Streamed Live Online

Phoenix New Times: “If you follow Arizona’s medical marijuana program as closely as sports fans follow their teams, this one’s for you — the dispensary lottery will be streaming live online Tuesday. The applicants have different odds of obtaining the approval to start up a dispensary on ‘Selection Tuesday,’ as there are various [...]

Status of Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary License Applications

Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services wrote the following on his blog on July 23, 2012:

“Most of the applicants for medical marijuana registration certificates have been able to correct deficiencies in their applications… and 460 of the 486 applications we received are now complete. Five applications have been [...]

Arizona Official Refuses to Expand Health Conditions for Medical Marijuana

East Valley Tribune: “State Health Director Will Humble refused Thursday to expand the conditions for which marijuana can be legally recommended. . . . Humble’s decision disappointed Suzanne Sisley. She is a physician with the Telemedicine Program at the UA College of Medicine and a specialist in internal medicine and psychiatry. She said [...]

Arizona Department of Health Services Rejects Petitions to Add New Conditions for Obtaining Medical Marijuana

The following is the text of a July 19, 2012, blog post by Will Humble, the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services:

“The voter approved list of conditions that already qualify patients for an AZ Medical Marijuana Registration Card (with a doctor’s certification) includes any of the following: any [...]

U of Arizona Study Says Medical Marijuana Benefits in Dispute

Arizona Republic: “A new University of Arizona study shows little or no evidence that medical marijuana is an effective treatment for anxiety, migraines, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, a finding that could hinder efforts to expand the allowable uses for the drug in Arizona. The researchers, working on behalf of the state Department [...]

Data to Expand Arizona Medical Marijuana Program Lacking

Arizona Capitol Times: “Requests to allow medical marijuana use in Arizona for additional medical conditions could be doomed by University of Arizona researchers’ reports that they found little or no scientific evidence to support the proposals. The state Department of Health Services hired university researchers to look for credible scientific articles and studies [...]

Arizona Officials Hold Medical Pot Hearing

Arizona Republic: ”a 2 1/2-hour public hearing at the Arizona Department of Health Services, which could expand the state’s medical-marijuana program to include PTSD, depression, anxiety and migraines as qualifying conditions for medical-marijuana ingestion. . . . More than two dozen people spoke in favor of expanding the state’s medical-marijuana program at the hearing, [...]

Arizona May Add More Uses for Medical Marijuana

Associated Press: ”Arizona is considering requests to expand its fledgling medical marijuana program to allow use of the drug for an array of conditions, including post-traumatic stress syndrome and migraines, beyond those allowed under the law approved by voters two years ago. The Department of Health Services , which is required under the [...]

Applications for Medical-marijuana Sites Open

Arizona Republic: “The Arizona Department of Health Services will accept applications for medical-marijuana dispensaries today through 5 p.m. May 25. Would-be marijuana-dispensary operators must pay a $5,000 fee. If they are not selected, the state will return $1,000, state health officials said. Applicants must be at least 21 years old and cannot be [...]

Judge Rules Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Must Have a Medical Director

Arizona Republic: “Medical-marjiuana dispensaries will have to employ a medical director at their operations, as state health officials require, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled. The non-profits could begin opening this summer. Judge Richard Gama’s May 1 decision is an important one because it could prevent abuse of medical marijuana, said [...]

Those with PTSD Seeking Legal Pot Use

Arizona Daily Star: “Arizonans who say they suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder are hoping to get the same medical options as those with glaucoma or seizures: the right to use marijuana for medical purposes. Petitions have been filed asking state Health Director Will Humble to add PTSD to the list of medical conditions [...]

Expansion of Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Program Debated

Arizona Republic: ”Four new medical conditions could eventually qualify under Arizona’s medical-marijuana program. State health officials are considering whether to add depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and migraines as “debilitating conditions,” which would allow people to legally use medical pot. Arizona would become the only state in the nation to allow medical marijuana [...]

Arizona Department of Health Services Plans to Accept Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applications Early April 2012

On January 25, 2012, Director Will Humble of the Arizona Department of Health Services wrote the following on his blog:

Right now, it looks like a qualified “yes”. As you know from earlier blog posts a the judge has ruled in a state case that had challenged our dispensary applicant selection criteria. We’ve [...]

Call for Public Comment to the Proposed Medical Marijuana Rules

Arizona Department of Health Services Asks Public to Comment on the Proposed Medical Marijuana Rules

One of the top priorities during the implementation of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act in the coming months is to ensure good rules are developed (called Administrative Code) so medical marijuana can be regulated effectively. Rules that are [...]

Department of Health Services Issues Proposed Medical Marijuana Rules

Proposed Arizona Medical Marijuana Rules / Regulations Issued by the Arizona Department of Health Services on December 17, 2010

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a proclamation on December 14, 2010, that caused Arizona Proposition 203 to become law as of the following day. The Arizona Department of Health Services now has 120 days [...]

Arizona Department of Health Services Director on Implementing Proposition 203

Here are some interesting statements from Will Humble, the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, the agency that will oversee Arizona’s medical marijuana law.

On how DHS will determine which applicants get one of the 124 dispensary licenses:

“There are probably a number of ways to do [...]

Arizona Begins Setting Up Program for Medical Pot

Arizona Republic: Arizona Department of Health Services “officials said Monday that they will begin implementing the measure and expect the drug to be in use by late summer 2011. [ADHS] Director Will Humble said he expects that by April, the agency will begin reviewing applications from people who want to use medical marijuana [...]

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