Medical marijuana dispensary applicants passed the latest hurdle to opening their doors in Arizona.
The deadline to apply for a medical marijuana dispensary registration certificate was May 25. After the 30-day window closed, Arizona Department of Health Services staff spent two weeks processing applications and will soon be awarding the certificates. One dispensary will be permitted in each of the state’s 126 Community Health Analysis Areas.
In 1988, ADHS divided the state into 126 CHAAs to study cancer rates more precisely than just by county or ZIP code. CHAAs range from 5,000 people in rural areas to 190,000 people in urban centers, with an average of about 21,500 each.
With 13 applications, the Yavapai County Northeast CHAA was tied with North Tempe, East Flagstaff and North Scottsdale for the second-most number of submissions in Arizona. Yavapai County Northeast includes Camp Verde, Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Jerome, Page Springs, and the outskirts of Prescott Valley. Sedona’s CHAA, a relatively small area that only includes Sedona, the Village of Oak Creek and Oak Creek Canyon, sent in seven applications.
For the full story, see the Friday, June 8, edition of the Sedona Red Rock News.
