Phoenix New Times:  “The Arizona Department of Health Services awarded preliminary licenses for 31 new medical-marijuana dispensaries last week, creating a lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurs and (soon) more shopping choices for patients.  Most of the 747 applicants lost out on their hoped-for pot of green gold — not to mention the nonrefundable $4,000 of their $5,000 application fee. But the lucky few whose applications were accepted could make a fortune in the industry.”

Today, October 6, 2016, the Arizona Department of Health Services notified 31 of 750 applicants that they were selected to receive Dispensary Registration Certificates that allow each “winner” the right to open an Arizona medical marijuana dispensary.  The areas awarded new dispensary licenses, the CHAA names and CHAA ids are set forth in DHS’ Dispensary Registration Certification Allocation Results.

Nine of the 31 licenses were determined by the random selection process.  Balls with a number for each applicant were placed in a machine and blown through the air for 15 seconds after which one of the balls entered a tube at random and became the “winning” ball.  DHS’ accounting firm of Henry & Horne conducted the random selection process.

The CHAAs that had random selections, the number of applicants in that CHAA and the winning applicant’s number are as follows:

• CHAA 8 had 24 applications and the winner was applicant #1508
• CHAA 26 had 4 applications and the winner was applicant #1514
• CHAA 40 had 2 applications and the winner was applicant #1307
• CHAA 52 had 2 applications and the winner was applicant #1240
• CHAA 59 had 5 applications and the winner was applicant #1359
• CHAA 60 had 3 applications and the winner was applicant #1352
• CHAA 77 had 3 applications and the winner was applicant #1481
• CHAA 78 had 3 applications and the winner was applicant #1271
• CHAA 105 had 2 applications and the winner was applicant #1015

The Random Selection Process

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Several of my clients that applied for new Arizona medical marijuana dispensary licenses received email messages from the Arizona Department of Health Services notifying them that the new dispensary licensees will be announced on October 6, 2016.  Here is the text of the email message DHS is sending to applicants that are still in the hunt for a new dispensary license:

Subject: ADHS- Dispensary Registration Certificate Allocation

Dear Applicant,

The Department will be announcing the Medical Marijuana Dispensary Registration Certificate allocation results on Thursday, October 6th.

On Wednesday afternoon, all applicants to be included in the random selection process will be notified. Not all CHAA results will require a random selection. Applications to be included in the random selection process will be allowed one representative to attend the selection in person on Thursday. The representative must be a principal officer and/or board member identified on the application.

Thank you,

Medical Marijuana Program
Arizona Department of Health Services
Direct     602-364-0857
Email      [email protected]

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