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Health Department

Mar 20, 2011

Final state rules will aid rural pot shops

Since voters passed Proposition 203 in November, the Health Department has been racing against the clock to get rules and regulations in place that will guide Arizona’s medical marijuana program. In an interview with the Arizona Capitol Times, Will Humble, the department director, previewed some of the changes coming in the final rules concerning one of the most contentious parts of the[...]

Feb 7, 2011

Pot shop lottery unsettles some would-be entrepreneurs

Cancer may pick its victims randomly, but previously hopeful business people looking to get into the new medical pot industry think that’s a lousy way for the state to decide who gets licenses to sell medical marijuana.

Jan 31, 2011

Health Department’s new medical-pot proposed regs ease patient-physician relationships, open door to wholesale market

The Health Department on Monday signaled an eased stance on several components of Arizona’s new medical marijuana law, with the release of the second draft of the proposed rules for the yet-to-be implemented system.

Jan 28, 2011

Few show in Sierra Vista for medical pot vote

Few Sierra Vista residents have anything to say about the establishment of voter-approved medical marijuana dispensaries in southern Arizona.

Nov 29, 2010

Seeing green: Would-be medical marijuana moguls scramble for piece of the action

While the state Department of Health Services will be mired in the process of drafting regulations for the industry over the next four months, it’s not stopping businesses from forming and pitching products and services that may never be approved by state regulators. And competition is already getting fierce.

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