Current Status: Medical only
Policy history:
1996: Failed proposition to legalise medical cannabis
2002: Failed proposition to decriminalise recreational cannabis
2010: Legalised for medical use only
Policy framework:
- With a practitioner’s recommendation, patients can possess up to 2.4oz (68g) of medical cannabis at a time, from dispensaries;
- Patients who live far away from dispensaries can cultivate their own medical cannabis;
- Dispensary system;
- 6.6% excise tax;
- Possession of any amount of cannabis is a felony punishable by up to 3.75 years and fines of up to $US150,000;
- Sale or distribution of cannabis is a felony punishable by up to 12.5 years in prison and fines of up to $US150,000;
- Cultivation of cannabis is a felony punishable by up to 12.5 years in prison and fines of up to $US150,000.
Outcomes:
- $US705 million of cannabis profit in 2019 according to a report by Arcview Market Research and BDS analytics;
- In 2018, sales of medical marijuana reached $US406.7 million;
- Past-year cannabis use disorder in people in Arizona aged 12 or above decreased between 2005 and 2017 (from 2.0% to 1.5%).
Source: https://crime-data-explorer.fr.cloud.gov/explorer/state/arizona/crime