The Daily Courier: “Arizona’s more than 114,000 medical marijuana patients smoked, ate or otherwise consumed more than 29 tons of the drug last year. . . . That’s a 52 percent increase in the amount of pot legally sold in 2015. And the 2015 numbers themselves were double the prior year. Yavapai County has the highest number of per capita medical marijuana cardholders in Arizona.”
Phoenix New Times: “More Arizonans than ever hold medical-marijuana cards, boosting state-legal cannabis sales — and the tax revenue from them — to a new record. Arizona patients bought 29 tons of cannabis products in 2016, according to records published today by the state Department of Health Services. . . . That’s a 53 percent increase over last year’s 19 tons of cannabis products sold.”
See the “Arizona Medical Marijuana Program December 2016 Monthly Report.”
Capital Media Services: “State lawmakers are moving to keep medical marijuana dispensaries in rural areas of the state from moving to cities. On a 5-4 vote Monday, the House Committee on Military, Veterans and Regulatory Affairs approved legislation saying those who were the first to open marijuana stores following the 2010 voter approval of medical marijuana sales cannot move outside the areas where they first opened.”
Tucson Weekly: “Recreational marijuana has proved to be a boon for states that have legalized it, and this year four states will add that bounty to their budget. A new analysis from the Orange County Register estimated marijuana could account for $23.3 billion in yearly revenue.”