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Thanks for Giving (note to staff before Thanksgiving)

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:52:01-07:00December 2nd, 2010|General|

Thanks for giving your all over the last year. I know it hasn’t been easy. We’ve been though a lot over the last year with budget reductions, furloughs, short staffing and other uncertainty- yet you’ve remained committed to our mission, stayed at your post and helped move our mission ahead for the people of Arizona. [...]

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Wait a Minute, Isn’t Marijuana Illegal?

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:52:02-07:00November 29th, 2010|General|

I get this question a lot from folks. While Congress has determined that it’s illegal to distribute and sell marijuana, several states have passed laws authorizing the distribution and use of marijuana for medical purposes. Arizona will likely be the 15th state to do so if the election is certified today (November 29). So, in [...]

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Qualified Patient Applicants

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:52:02-07:00November 23rd, 2010|General|

One thing that folks have mentioned on my blog over and over is concern about who will need to submit fingerprints as part of their application under the AZ Medical Marijuana Act. Here’s the short answer: All applicants except a qualifying patient will need to submit a full set of fingerprints before getting a card [...]

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Medical Marijuana (Cannabis) Implementation Schedule & Info

By azdhs-admin|2010-11-19T05:00:27-07:00November 19th, 2010|General|

By now you probably know that Proposition 203, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, appears to have passed after all (although the final determination will actually be made when the election is certified on November 29). The Act identifies ADHS as the organization that’s responsible for carrying out the provisions of the law. There will be several [...]

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Medical Marijuana Implementation Plan

By azdhs-admin|2010-11-15T10:19:22-07:00November 15th, 2010|General|

By now you probably know that Proposition 203, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act appears to have passed after all (although the final determination will actually be made when the election is certified). The Act identifies the ADHS as the organization that’s responsible for carrying out the provisions of the law. There will be several teams of [...]

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Post Election 203 Communications

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:52:03-07:00November 2nd, 2010|General|

If Prop 203 passes today, we’ll definitely get flooded with phone calls from people that want information on how they can get a license to become a dispensary starting Wednesday. There’s absolutely no way we could ever try to answer the inevitable questions over the phone. Number 1, we won’t have full answers until at [...]

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Selecting Marijuana Dispensaries

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:52:04-07:00October 29th, 2010|General|

If Proposition 203 passes (the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act), one of our key decisions will be how to set up some kind of selection process for approving marijuana dispensary applications. The Act states that the number of Cannabis dispensaries will be limited to 10% of the number of pharmacies in the state. As of right [...]

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Getting a Recommendation for Medical Marijuana

By azdhs-admin|2010-10-22T15:24:51-07:00October 22nd, 2010|General|

Some of the most important words in the 13-page Arizona Medical Marijuana Act are: “Physician Patient Relationship” and “A Full Assessment of the Qualifying Patient’s Medical History”. The real gatekeepers that’ll determine which applicants ultimately would qualify for a medical marijuana card are Arizona MDs, DOs, Naturopaths and Homeopaths, as they evaluate their patient's medical [...]

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Cannabis Cultivation- Post Prop. 203

By azdhs-admin|2010-10-15T09:25:03-07:00October 15th, 2010|General|

Where would the inventory come from if Proposition 203 (the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act) passes? As near as I can tell… it could come from at least 3 places: enclosed cultivation facilities associated with dispensaries; enclosed cultivation facilities operated by caregivers on behalf of cardholders, if the people they care for live 25 miles from [...]

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More support for nutrition in the food stamp program

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:52:05-07:00October 7th, 2010|General, Prevention|

NYC is climbing on the SNAP better nutrition train today; it is asking the feds to forbid people from buying sugary drinks with food stamps. This should sound pretty familiar to my blog readers. I’ve been banging on this drum for months – we need to add nutritional standards to the criteria for folks who [...]

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