Arizona Launches Adult-Use Cannabis Sales
Mon / Jan 25th
Adult-use cannabis sales have started in Arizona, making it the quickest state so far to move from voter approval to a fully-fledged recreational marketplace.
Arizona cannabis news updates for industry professionals. Find our latest coverage of Arizona’s cannabis policy and industry developments below:
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Mon / Jan 25th
Adult-use cannabis sales have started in Arizona, making it the quickest state so far to move from voter approval to a fully-fledged recreational marketplace.
Wed / Jan 20th
Cannabis dispensaries in Arizona could start serving adult-use customers within a day or two, about two months after voters there embraced full legalization.
Wed / Dec 30th
Adult-use cannabis sales could commence in Arizona by March with existing medical cannabis dispensaries getting the first licenses, followed by 26 social equity licenses.
Mon / Dec 14th
Arizona regulators released the first draft rules for the state’s adult-use cannabis marketplace. The license application period is set to open on January 19.
Thu / Nov 5th
With legalization the big winner in Tuesday night’s election, what other cannabis justice measures prevailed?
Wed / Nov 4th
Arizona became the 13th state to legalize cannabis on Tuesday after voters approved Proposition 207, which legalizes the possession and use of cannabis by adults aged 21 or older.
Tue / Nov 3rd
Across the U.S. today, voters from Montana to New Jersey will consider a series of ballot initiatives that could represent yet another dramatic shift for the country away from our archaic cannabis and drug policies.
Mon / Oct 19th
Sean Worsley, an Iraq War veteran and Purple Heart recipient who was facing a multi-year prison sentence for cannabis possession in Alabama, has been released on parole.
Wed / Oct 7th
The Navajo Nation Council has approved an amendment that lumps hemp and cannabis together, effectively banning hemp production on tribal lands.
Mon / Oct 5th
Two Arizona polls suggest that the state’s cannabis legalization initiative is likely to pass this November — the vote looks close, however, and undecided voters could still make or break the campaign.
Wed / Sep 23rd
Arizona medical cannabis patient Nathan Freddy was charged with possession after a Bureau of Land Management ranger smelled cannabis in his pack while he was hiking on federal land.
Fri / Sep 4th
Some petition circulators for Kanye West’s presidential campaign in Arizona have said they were collecting signatures for cannabis legalization — which has already qualified for the November ballot — in an effort to attract more voters.
Thu / Aug 20th
A new plan by the Maricopa County, Arizona prosecutor will allow anyone arrested for cannabis possession to apply for the medical cannabis program and, if given a card, avoid prosecution.
Wed / Aug 12th
Arizona’s Secretary of State confirmed this week that the state’s campaign for a cannabis legalization ballot initiative had submitted enough valid signatures to appear the November ballot.
Mon / Aug 10th
Arizona’s ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis has survived a legal challenge by opponents and is expected to move forward to the official signature verification stage.
Tue / Aug 4th
Arizona Gov. Doug Rucey said the state’s ballot initiative to legalize cannabis is “a bad idea based on false promises” and that he will vote against the measure.
Wed / Jul 29th
Killer Mike and El-P, the rappers known collectively as Run the Jewels, have partnered with cannabis companies Cookies and Lemonnade to provide their first branded cannabis strain, Ooh Lala.
Thu / Jul 23rd
Anti-cannabis activists in Arizona are suing to prevent the state’s voter initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis from appearing on the November ballot, arguing that the petition summary didn’t give voters the full picture.
Tue / Jul 21st
The ACLU has uncovered data showing that Latinx people in Maricopa County, Arizona receive on average harsher punishments for simple cannabis possession than Black or white people.
Thu / Jul 2nd
Arizona cannabis advocates have submitted 420,000 petition signatures for putting a cannabis legalization initiative on the November ballot; the campaign only needs 237,645 valid signatures to qualify.
Tue / Apr 21st
Medical cannabis sales in Florida and Arizona have risen sharply during the coronavirus pandemic, even as sales in other states tapered off after an initial quarantine rush.
Wed / Feb 26th
Fifteen lawmakers in Arizona have co-sponsored legislation that would gut the state’s medical cannabis program by capping THC potency at just 2 percent.
Wed / Jan 15th
Residents in Snowflake, Arizona have grown used to an early morning light purple glow from cannabis cultivator Copperstate Farms — last week, however, was something uniquely different.
Wed / Nov 27th
A panel of mostly Arizona medical cannabis industry operators is set to determine which pesticides should be allowed in the industry; any final decision must be approved by the Department of Health Services.
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