Arizona to Issue Additional Medical Marijuana Dispensary Licenses

Officials overseeing Arizonas medical marijuana program, which turned five years old last month, announced that they will be accepting applications for additional dispensary licenses to be issued later this summer across the state.

The exact number of available licenses to be awarded later this year is not yet known, but is estimated to be approximately 30.

Under the law Arizona voters approved in 2010, the total number of medical marijuana dispensaries allowed in the state is equal to ten percent of the total number of pharmacies statewide, or approximately 130 total dispensaries.

The number of available licenses in Arizona is estimated to be approximately 30.

Currently, Arizonahas 92 medical marijuana dispensaries serving nearly 95,000 registered patients statewide. There are seven additional dispensaries that received licenses from the state that are not yet operating.Cannabis is supplied to these dispensaries from 75 cultivation ...