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Dispensary Application Window Opens

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 Medical Marijuana Dispensary webpage. In the first two hours, seven people had dropped off applications. We’ll start reviewing applications as they come in- and we’ll stop taking applications [...]

By Will Humble|2012-05-14T09:48:23-07:00May 14th, 2012|General|5 Comments

Chronicle Public Health on May 15 (Tuesday)

Join thousands of public health professionals around the globe next Tuesday by using your iPhone or BlackBerry or whatever and chronicling public health. May 15 is “A Day” and it’s a global event designed to create and share inspiring perspectives on daily life through photography. Public health folks and organizations can submit photos that capture a day [...]

By Will Humble|2012-05-11T13:21:10-07:00May 11th, 2012|General|Comments Off

AZ Legal Options Guide

One of my jobs is to serve on the AZ Developmental Disabilities Planning Council (DDPC). We have lots of goals- and one of them is to help folks with disabilities, their families and caregivers to learn about options that are available when an adult with a disability needs legal help to manage one or more facets of his or her [...]

By Will Humble|2012-05-11T08:56:38-07:00May 11th, 2012|General|Comments Off

Interim AD for Licensing

Colby Bower will serve as our Interim Assistant Director for Licensing while we recruit and hire a permanent Assistant Director. Colby has been serving as our Legislative Affairs chief for the last couple of years. Colby fills several of the criteria that we needed for the interim post: 1) He’s a good risk manager and [...]

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:11-07:00May 10th, 2012|General, Licensing|Comments Off

Public Health Budget

The Governor signed the budget this week - here's a look at how some of it affects public health: Behavioral Health Services for folks that don’t Qualify for Medicaid The budget that was just signed includes about $39M in new funding for services for folks with a serious mental illness that don’t qualify for Medicaid. [...]

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:12-07:00May 9th, 2012|General, Newborn Screening|Comments Off

Dispensary Medical Direction is a Go

One of the outstanding legal uncertainties regarding our implementation of AZ Medical Marijuana Act has been the Compassion First v. Brewer lawsuit that challenged our authority to require future dispensaries to have a Medical Director. We’ve always thought dispensary medical direction was a key component to making sure that future dispensaries act in the best [...]

By Will Humble|2012-05-08T12:42:20-07:00May 8th, 2012|General|11 Comments

ADHS Looking for a Forward-thinking Assistant Director

“Promoting Health and Wellness for all Arizonans" is the motto of the Arizona Department of Health Services. We promote and protect the health of Arizona's children and adults and set the standard for personal and community health through direct care, science, public policy and leadership. Want a piece of the action? We’re looking for an [...]

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:12-07:00May 8th, 2012|Licensing|1 Comment

New Border Health Resources

Obesity, injury prevention, teen pregnancy, and substance abuse are all border health priorities. Our prevention team put together an inventory identifying current programs addressing these priority areas in AZs border communities. Our WIC program and Arizona Nutrition Network reach thousands of low-income women and kids along the border- improving nutrition and reducing obesity. Programs like our Sexual Violence Prevention & Education and Safe Kids [...]

By Will Humble|2012-05-07T09:07:20-07:00May 7th, 2012|General|Comments Off

Winnable Battles

As part of our strategic plan, we name 5 winnable battles to prioritize over the next 1-3 years. While not de-emphasizing work in other areas, this is an important effort to achieve measurable impact quickly in a few targeted areas. We’ve identified five areas as key domestic winnable battles for improving our state’s health, based [...]

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:51:12-07:00May 4th, 2012|General|2 Comments

ADHS Annual Report

We published our 2011 ADHS Annual Report this week. Rather than reproduce all of our activities in narrative form- we used a summary approach this year that incorporates a lot of “hot links” to more information about our achievements.

By Will Humble|2012-05-03T08:37:14-07:00May 3rd, 2012|General|Comments Off