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Glendale Dispensary Opening Postponed

On November 19, 2012, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services Will Humble wrote the following on his blog:

“Last Thursday I announced in a blog post that our team had just returned from a field inspection for a dispensary applicant in Glendale, that there were no major deficiencies, and that we [...]

Will Humble on Marijuana Products Created by Patients & Caregivers

Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services wrote the following on October 22, 2012, on his blog:

“There seems to be some confusion going on right now about the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act and products made with marijuana. Patients and caregivers can make edibles and things like tinctures [...]

Arizona Attorney General’s Opinion Kinda Corrects Arizona Governor & Concludes Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Act is Partially Preempted by Federal Law

Last week Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s response to a letter from 13 Arizona County Attorneys that the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act was preempted by federal law was to say you legal types don’t know what you are talking about and “I am duty-bound to implement the AMMA.” Now her lawyer says oops-e-dazey, not [...]

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 [...]

Will Humble’s Radio Interview

On July 25, 2012, Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, was interviewed by Steve Goldstein of KJZZ radio.

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 [...]

Medical Condition Petition Status

Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, wrote the following on July 6, 2012:

“The AZ Medical Marijuana Act requires us to periodically accept petitions to add new medical conditions to the list of conditions that qualify folks for an AZ Medical Marijuana Registration Card. In January, we accepted [...]

Will Humble Warns Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Not to Pretend to be a Not-for-Profit Business

The following is the text of a post made by Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, on his blog on June 23, 2012:

“We have a couple of new projects in the works to ensure that the dispensary system reflects a medical rather than a recreational system. We’re working [...]

Will Humble on the Dispensary Lottery Process

The following is the text of a post made by Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, on his blog on June 21, 2012:

“Overall, we ended up receiving 486 medical marijuana dispensary applications among our 126 Community Health Analysis Areas (CHAAs). Twenty-seven of the CHAAs had no applicant [...]

484 Applications Filed for Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

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

“It’s been a busy week for our medical marijuana team. Our 2-week dispensary application period ended a couple of hours ago… as did the hearing regarding adding new debilitating medical conditions.

We received 484 [...]

Will Humble on the 1st Week of Accepting Applications for Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Will Humble, the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, wrote the following on his blog on May 18, 2012:

“We’ll wrap up our first week of accepting medical marijuana dispensary Registration Certificate applications today. We’ve received about 40 applications so far this week- and our team has been doing an [...]

Dispensary Application Window Opens

The following text was posted by Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, on his blog on May 14, 2012:

“Today marks the start of the 2-week window for applying for a medical marijuana dispensary Registration Certificate in Arizona. Prospective applicants can check out our Registration Certificate Application Checklist, Instructions, and the official Application on our [...]

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 [...]

Into the mind of … Will Humble

The Arizona Republic interviewed Will Humble, the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services.

ADHS Director Humble’s 4/25/12 Interview on KJZZ Radio 91.5 FM About Adding Conditions

In this radio interview on April 25, 2012, with Steve Goldstein of KJZZ 91.5 FM radio in Phoenix, Arizona, the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services discusses ADHS’ process for adding new conditions for which an Arizona doctor may recommend medical marijuana to licensed patients. The new conditions under consideration are: [...]

ADHS Considering Adding 4 New Conditions for Medical Marijuana

On April 20, 2012, Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, wrote on his blog:

“The voter approved language in the AZ Medical Marijuana Act directs us to periodically accept and evaluate petitions to add new debilitating medical conditions. We’ve made it through the first phase of considering [...]

Final Arizona Medical Marijuana Rules Approved & DHS Announces Dispensary Applications will be Accepted May 14th – 25th

The following was posted on Arizona Department of Health Services Director Will Humble’s blog on April 11, 2012:

The tumblers have clicked, and the race to apply for a dispensary is on. Our revised rules for regulating Medical Marijuana were filed and became official today- and we’ll be accepting applications for [...]

The Role of the Physician in Arizona’s Medical Marijuana Program

Will Humble, the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, published a February 17, 2012, Powerpoint presentation for Arizona doctors involved in writing recommendations for Arizona medical marijuana patients. The objectives of the slide show are:

Identify the 3 roles a physician can have in the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program List 3 [...]

Ink Dry on Final Revised Medical Marijuana Rules

Will Humble said the following on his blog on February 27, 2012:

As you know from earlier blog posts a judge ruled in a state case that had challenged our dispensary applicant selection criteria. The judge’s decision basically struck down several of the selection criteria we had been planning to use to for [...]

Arizona Finalizing Medical Marijuana Dispensary Rules

Phoenix Business Journal: “This week, the Arizona Department of Health Services is putting the finishing touches on the revised rules for medical marijuana dispensary applicants. . . . .ADHS Director Will Humble said he will set the date for when ADHS will begin accepting dispensary applications. He said he expects that date to [...]

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Applications to be Accepted by ADHS in Early April 2012

Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, said this on his blog on February 8, 2012:

“As you know from earlier blog posts a judge ruled in a state case that had challenged our dispensary applicant selection criteria. The judge’s decision basically struck down several of the selection criteria we [...]

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 [...]

DHS Issues Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary Update

Today Will Humble, Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, said on his blog:

“With the recent ruling in Maricopa Superior Court, ADHS is analyzing the best way to responsibly begin accepting applications for medical marijuana dispensaries. Last week, the Governor instructed ADHS to proceed with the dispensary portion of [...]

Arizona Department of Health Services’ First Announcement about the Dispensary Application Process

The following is the text of a January 13, 2012, blog post by Will Humble on his Arizona Department of Health Services website:

Last May (after receiving a threatening letter from the Arizona U.S Attorney’s Office) the Governor suspended the dispensary portion of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act with a genuine [...]

AZ Department of Health Services to Cannabis Clubs: You are Walking on Thin Ice

What follows below is the text of Arizona Department of Health Services Director Will Humble’s July 14, 2011, blog post:

“The Arizona Department of Health Services has serious concerns about the legality of so-called cannabis clubs. The information that we have regarding these ‘clubs’ suggests that they are distributing marijuana to customers in a way [...]

ADHS Refuses to Accept an Application for an Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensary License

Arizona Department of Health Services Director Will Humble wrote the following on his blog on June 1, 2011:

“A prospective dispensary applicant came to our offices this morning in an effort to submit an application for a dispensary registration certificate. We declined to accept the application because, as I wrote on [...]

Will Humble & Other Arizona Medical Marijuana Law Pundits Bury Heads in Sand

After five U.S. Attorneys in recently issued letters stating the position of the Department of Justice is to prosecute people involved in growing and selling marijuana, local Arizona medical marijuana law pundits have dug deeper holes into which they have inserted their heads. Yesterday, Peter F. Neronha, the U.S. Attorney for Rhode Island [...]

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