MARIJUANA

LICENSING

The Bureau of Marijuana Licensing, part of the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), Division of Licensing, is responsible for licensing and regulating medical marijuana qualified patients, caregivers, facility agents, lab agents, and dispensary agents, as well as medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use marijuana establishments. Marijuana Testing Laboratories, both medical and adult-use, are licensed and regulated by the ADHS State Lab.

The Bureau’s mission is to monitor the health and safety of medical marijuana dispensaries and adult-use establishments, license the employees who work in the industry, and provide a pathway for people to become qualified medical marijuana patients or caregivers.

AZ Care Check

AZ Care Check

A licensing history database of providers and facilities, including deficiencies or enforcement actions.

complaints

Online Complaint Form

Do you have concerns about one of our licensees? Tell us about it.

Statutes & Rules

Statutes & Rules

Learn more about medical and adult-use marijuana rules and regulations.

Medical Marijuana

Medical Marijuana

Learn more about marijuana qualified patients, caregivers, physicians or medical marijuana dispensaries.

Adult-Use Marijuana

Adult-Use Marijuana

Learn more about adult-use marijuana for persons aged 21 and older.

Marijuana Labs

Marijuana Labs

Applications, attestations, guiding documents, and other resources for those operating in a lab setting.

Marijuana Kitchen

Marijuana Kitchen

Responsible for permitting and inspecting kitchens that manufacture any edible products.

Contact Us

Contact Us

Contact the Bureau of Marijuana Licenisng.

 
Medical Marijuana
Adult Use of Marijuana

Age Limit

There is no age limit. However, there are different card types depending on your age.

Adults 21 years of age or older See A.R.S. §§ 36-2850; 36-2851

Purchase Limits

The amount purchased cannot cause the registered qualifying patient to exceed the limit of obtaining no more than two-and-one-half ounces of marijuana in a fourteen (14) day period.

A.R.S. § 36-2852 subsection (A)(1) states "... one ounce or less of marijuana, except that not more than five grams of marijuana may be in the form of marijuana concentrate."

Possession

A qualified patient is only able to possess the "allowable amount of marijuana".

Regarding the amount of adult use marijuana a person is able to possess, A.R.S. § 36-2853(A) states:

A. Notwithstanding any other law and except as otherwise provided in [A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 28.2], a person who possesses an amount of marijuana greater than [one ounce or less of marijuana, except that not more than five grams of marijuana may be in the form of marijuana concentrate], but not more than two and one-half ounces of marijuana, of which not more than twelve and one-half grams is in the form of marijuana concentrate, is guilty of a petty offense.

Public Use

Not allowed [A.R.S. § 36-2802(B), (C)]

Not allowed See A.R.S. § 36-2851

Driving

Not allowed [A.R.S. § 36-2802(D)]

Not allowed See A.R.S. § 36-2851

Buying and Selling

Qualifying patients or their caregivers purchase medical marijuana from a nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary. Medical marijuana can only be sold by a licensed nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary.

Adults 21 years of age or older may purchase adult use marijuana from a licensed marijuana establishment. Only licensed marijuana establishments may sell adult use marijuana. See A.R.S. §§ 36-2850, 36-2851

Cultivation

Under specific guidelines, cultivation may be allowed.

Under specific guidelines, cultivation is allowed for adults 21 years of age or older. See A.R.S. § 36-2852

Taxes

No excise tax

A 16% excise tax has been placed on adult use marijuana products per A.R.S. § 42-5452(A).

Employment

An employee has some protections from discrimination as a registered qualified patient.

An employer retains the right to maintain a drug-and-alcohol-free workplace. See A.R.S. § 36-2851

Delivery

Delivery of medical marijuana is included in the definition of medical use.

Delivery of adult use marijuana is allowed once the Department adopts rules permitting and regulating delivery. See A.R.S. §§ 36-2850, 36-2854