Arizona (Jurisdiction Profile)
Jurisdiction Identity
| Field |
Value |
| State |
Arizona (AZ) |
| Country |
United States |
| Primary cannabis authority |
Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) — Cannabis Programs |
| Official website |
https://azdhs.gov/licensing/cannabis/index.php |
| Last verified |
2026-08-09 |
Current Cannabis Framework
| Dimension |
Status |
| Adult-use possession |
Permitted (21+; up to 1 oz flower / 5 g concentrate) |
| Adult-use commercial sales |
Operational (since January 2021) |
| Medical cannabis |
Regulated program (2010) |
| Home cultivation |
Permitted (21+; up to 6 plants per person, 12 per household) |
| Hemp relationship |
Hemp regulated separately under state hemp program |
Regulatory Overview
Arizona legalized medical cannabis in 2010 (Proposition 203) and adult use in 2020 (Proposition 207), with retail sales beginning January 2021. ADHS administers both programs. The department publishes monthly medical program statistics as PDF reports; no public batch/testing chemistry or open-data downloads were located (2026-08-08 verification).
Data Surface
| Data surface |
Available? |
Official source |
Machine-readable? |
Notes |
| License registry |
partial |
ADHS licensee lookups |
no |
Searchable registries; no documented API |
| Testing-laboratory registry |
partial |
ADHS licensed facilities |
no |
Part of license records |
| Laboratory testing rules |
yes |
A.R.S. Title 36 + ADHS rules |
no |
Codified testing requirements |
| Contaminant/action limits |
yes |
ADHS rules |
no |
Set in regulation |
| Recalls/advisories |
partial |
ADHS program updates |
no |
Notices posted; no structured feed |
| Product/package identifiers |
unknown |
— |
— |
Not confirmed as publicly exposed |
| COAs/batch results |
no public source located |
— |
— |
Not published as open data |
| Sales data |
partial |
ADHS monthly reports |
no |
Monthly PDF reports (medical program stats) |
| Open-data downloads |
no public source located |
— |
— |
No cannabis open-data portal located as of retrieval |
Sources & Provenance
- Statutory framework: Proposition 203 (2010, medical); Proposition 207 (2020, adult use; retail from January 2021).
- Regulator: Arizona Department of Health Services — https://azdhs.gov/licensing/cannabis/index.php
- Data note: Monthly medical reports are PDF-based; no open-data portal (verified 2026-08-08 in
docs/state-expansion-roadmap.md).
- Retrieval date: 2026-08-09
Graph Connections
No existing repository entities are linked to Arizona. The page is discoverable from the Jurisdictions index.