Arizona Medical Marijuana Law

QUALIFYING CONDITIONS

• Alzheimer’s Disease
• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)
• Cachexia or wasting syndrome
• Cancer
• Chronic pain
• Crohn’s Disease
• Glaucoma
• Hepatitis C
• HIV or AIDS
• Nausea
• Persistent Muscle Spasms
• PTSD
• Seizures

PATIENT POSSESSION LIMITS

• No more than two and one-half ounces of usable marijuana per 14 day period

HOME CULTIVATION

• Yes, if residence is further than 25 miles from a state-licensed dispensary facility. No more than twelve marijuana plants in an “enclosed, locked facility.”

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES ALLOWED

• Yes, state-licensed nonprofit dispensaries may produce and dispense marijuana to authorized patients on a not-for-profit basis.

STATE-LICENSED DISPENSARIES OPERATIONAL

• Yes

CAREGIVERS

• Yes

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF REGISTERED PATIENTS

• 136,689
• Source: Arizona Department of Health Services, as of December 2023

EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR QUALIFYING PATIENTS

• Yes
• Details

RECIPROCITY

• Yes, the act provides a limited reciprocity to ‘visiting qualifying patients’. In order to qualify, the patient: (1) must not be a resident of Arizona (or has resided in Arizona for less than 30 days), (2) must have been diagnosed with a medical condition recognized under the Act, and (3) must possess a medical marijuana registration card or its equivalent that was issued pursuant to the laws of another state. The out-of-state registration card has the same force and effect as a card issued in Arizona except that the visiting qualifying patient may not purchase medical marijuana in Arizona.

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