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AZ Physicians Referred to Licensing Boards due to Questionable Medical Marijuana Certifications

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:36-07:00 August 19th, 2011|General|

One of the criteria on our official medical marijuana Physician Certification Form includes an attestation by a physician that they’ve reviewed their patient’s profile on the Arizona Board of Pharmacy’s Controlled Substances Prescription Monitoring Program database before signing the certification. We included this requirement to ensure that physicians are acting in their patient’s best interest- [...]

State Comparison of Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:37-07:00 August 10th, 2011|General|

A new report is out that provides a state-by-state comparison of a wide range of behavioral health issues. Every state has to deal with some significant challenges with mental illness and substance abuse. For example, among people 12 and older, Alaska’s current illicit drug use rate more than double that in Iowa (13% versus 5%), [...]

Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Filed

By azdhs-admin| 2011-06-14T16:38:50-07:00 June 14th, 2011|General|

Today I was served with a lawsuit that challenges the State (and the Department) for not implementing the dispensary portion of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. The case, filed in the AZ Court of Appeals, asks a judge to order us to follow the rules that we published on April 14 and begin accepting dispensary [...]

Dispensary Application News

By azdhs-admin| 2011-06-01T12:40:16-07:00 June 1st, 2011|General|

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 Friday, we won’t be accepting dispensary registration certificate applications until the outcome of legal action filed last week. There were several members [...]

AZ Medical Marijuana Program Update

By azdhs-admin| 2011-05-27T17:30:02-07:00 May 27th, 2011|General|

In light of recent communication from the U.S. Attorney for Arizona, the Governor asked the Attorney General to file a suit this week asking for a declaratory judgment from a federal court regarding the legality of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act and our Rules. We had been planning to begin accepting dispensary applications beginning next [...]

AZ Medical Marijuana Act Legal Update

By azdhs-admin| 2011-05-24T14:31:48-07:00 May 24th, 2011|General|

We understand that the Governor and the Attorney General are seeking a declaratory judgment in federal court regarding the implementation of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. When further information is available, ADHS will update you. Until then, the Department will continue to issue Qualifying Patient and Designated Caregiver Registry Cards on our website.

Medical Marijuana and the Federal law

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:48-07:00 May 2nd, 2011|General|

The U.S. Attorney for Arizona wrote me a letter today about how the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act and our rules interface with federal law. As you know, Arizona voters passed the Act last November and ADHS created a program to clearly carry out the voters’ wishes. While we've done what we can to set the stage for a medical [...]

New Laws Related to our Mission

By azdhs-admin| 2017-02-10T09:51:49-07:00 April 25th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing, Preparedness, Prevention|

The Legislature completed the Regular Session last week. They've passed numerous bills. The Governor has signed many of them, but some are still waiting for her consideration and signature. Below are the new laws that have been signed by the Governor that are related to our mission: HB 2585: Controlled Substances; Marijuana; Monitoring This law requires [...]

Final Medical Marijuana Rules Filed with the Secretary of State

By azdhs-admin| 2011-04-22T14:23:44-07:00 April 22nd, 2011|General|

We filed our official rules for regulating medical marijuana with the Secretary of State last week. The official rules include a few clarifications that weren’t in the set of unofficial rules that we posted on March 28. The clarifications are reflected in the Arizona Medical Marijuana Rules, Medical Marijuana Act AZ Statutes and the Frequently [...]

Medical Marijuana Registration Website

By azdhs-admin| 2011-04-14T11:46:40-07:00 April 14th, 2011|General|

We've had a lot of traffic on our Medical Marijuana Registration webpage today - some of you may have had some difficulty uploading photos or had a "session expired" message pop up. Thanks to your help, we're working to resolve these bumps in the road. If you have had problems this morning, you may want [...]

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