Department of Health Services Issues Proposed Medical Marijuana Regulations
The text of this entire post was moved to a the Arizona Medical Marijuana Law website.
The text of this entire post was moved to a the Arizona Medical Marijuana Law website.
Arizona Republic: “Planning officials across the state have been discussing and drafting zoning restrictions for medical-marijuana dispensaries for the past two months, in case voters approve Proposition 203, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act. According to Prop. 203, local jurisdictions could impose ‘reasonable’ zoning restrictions for dispensaries. In an effort to provide a model that local jurisdictions can modify and follow, the League of Arizona Cities and Towns on Thursday released a uniform guideline for dispensary zoning restrictions.”
See “Cities preparing restrictions on marijuana dispensaries,” which has these interesting statements by Will Humble, the Director of the Arizona Department of Health Services:
““I don’t want to end up issuing a license for a dispensary next to their public pool or something, . . . If I allocate by county then I have an opportunity to provide more robust coverage in all parts of the state and minimize the potential for too many self-growers”
Tucson will consider a medical marijuana dispensary zoning ordinance at a city council meeting on November 9, 2010. Here are some of the restrictions contained in the proposed ordinance:
New York Times: “To the rites of middle-age passage, some families are adding another: buying marijuana for aging parents. . . . “I think use of medical marijuana in older people is going to be much greater in the future,” said Dan G. Blazer, a professor of geriatric psychology at Duke University who has studied drug use and abuse among older people.”
“The Arizona Republic answers some questions voters have about the measure [proposition 203]. Question: Would people be able to fake pain to get medical-marijuana prescriptions?”
Arizona Republic: “”It isn’t even legal yet. And it won’t be unless voters approve it. But more than a dozen companies are setting up shop in Arizona hoping to get into the business of selling marijuana.”
To learn about forming and operating Arizona entities that could be used as a medical marijuana dispensary, see the Arizona LLC Law Library and the Arizona Corporation Law Library.
To hire Richard Keyt, an Arizona medical marijuana attorney (aka Arizona medical marijuana lawyer) to form an Arizona nonprofit corporation to apply for a permit to operate an Arizona medical marijuana dispensary, read my articles called “How to Form an Arizona Nonprofit Corporation” and “Arizona Nonprofit Corporation Formation Service” or just complete my online Nonprofit Corporation Incorporation Questionnaire.