Data as of 2026-04-01

Arizona

Arizona voters approved adult-use cannabis through Proposition 207, the Smart and Safe Arizona Act, on November 3, 2020; the law took effect on November 30, 2020, and licensed adult-use sales began 53 days later, on January 22, 2021. By the close of calendar-year 2025 the state recorded $1,217,961,258 in combined legal sales — $1,031,792,361 adult-use and $186,168,897 medical — which works out to $160.63 per resident. Sales fell 7.1 percent from calendar-year 2024. The market reached its peak in calendar-year 2023 at roughly $1.42 billion and has declined for two consecutive years since. Medical sales have dropped every year since adult-use launch, from roughly $500 million in calendar-year 2022 to roughly $186 million in calendar-year 2025. The active medical patient registry stood at 76,322 as of April 2026. Arizona requires vertical integration: a single establishment license authorizes cultivation, manufacturing, and retail, and the state issues no standalone cultivation or retail licenses. As of April 2026, 170 establishments were licensed and 169 were operating. License issuance is capped at one establishment for every ten registered pharmacies operating in the state. Home cultivation of up to six plants per adult is lawful.

Market

Licensing & Market

Arizona requires vertical integration. A single establishment license authorizes cultivation, manufacturing, and retail under one holder; the state issues no standalone cultivation or retail-only licenses, so cultivation and retail counts describe the same establishments. As of April 2026, 170 establishments were licensed and 169 were operating — an activation rate of 99.4 percent. That is 22.3 operating establishments per million residents and 2.2 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents; because each license is vertically integrated, the per-million figure counts establishments authorized to cultivate rather than standalone grows and is not comparable to fragmented-market states. License issuance is capped at one establishment for every ten registered pharmacies operating in the state. Licenses are transferable subject to regulatory approval, and there is no owner-residency requirement. The initial license fee is $25,000, and the renewal fee is $5,000 every two years. Arizona operates no statewide seed-to-sale tracking system; statute requires each licensee to procure and maintain its own. The state uses a pharmacy-ratio license cap rather than a municipal opt-in regime, and no agency publishes a municipal opt-in or opt-out tally; local control operates through zoning.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded 170 [8]
Cultivator licenses operational 169 [9]
Cultivator activation rate 99.4% [10]
Operating cultivators per million 22.3 [11]
Retail licenses awarded 170 [12]
Retail licenses operational 169 [13]
Retail activation rate 99.4% [14]
Dispensaries per 100k 2.2 [15]
Vertical integration required [16]
License caps exist Yes [17]
Licenses transferable Yes [18]
Residency required No [19]
Residency duration (months) Not available in the public record —
Municipalities allowing Not available in the public record —
Municipalities total Not available in the public record —
Municipal opt-in rate Not available in the public record —
Track-and-trace system Not available in the public record —
Cultivator application fee $25,000 [20]
Cultivator annual fee $5,000 [21]
Retail application fee $25,000 [22]
Retail annual fee $5,000 [23]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

Adults 21 and over may possess up to 1 ounce of cannabis, of which no more than 5 grams may be concentrate. Home cultivation is permitted: up to six plants per adult, and no more than twelve at a residence shared by two or more adults 21 and over. Per-transaction purchases are capped at the same 1-ounce limit, with the 5-gram concentrate sub-limit. All major product forms are legal, including flower, concentrates, edibles, topicals, and vape formulations. Delivery is legal and operational; adult-use delivery rules took effect on November 1, 2024. Consumption lounges are not authorized — Arizona has no consumption-lounge license category, and smoking cannabis in a public place is a petty offense.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed Yes [24]
Home grow plant limit 6 [25]
Possession limit (oz) 1 [26]
Delivery legal Yes [27]
Delivery operational Yes [28]
Consumption lounges legal No [29]
Consumption lounges count 0 [30]
Purchase limit, flower (oz) 1 [31]
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) 5 [32]
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) Not available in the public record —
All product forms legal Yes [33]
Restricted product forms Not available in the public record —
Taxes

Taxation

Arizona levies a 16 percent excise tax on adult-use cannabis, charged as a percentage of retail price; medical cannabis is exempt from the excise. Both adult-use and medical sales also carry the 5.6 percent state Transaction Privilege Tax, and local jurisdictions add their own Transaction Privilege Tax on top. The combined state-level floor on adult-use sales is 21.6 percent; the out-the-door rate is higher wherever local tax applies. Medical cannabis is not fully tax-exempt: it is exempt only from the 16 percent excise and remains subject to the 5.6 percent state rate plus local tax. There is no potency-based tax and no wholesale tax. The excise and state Transaction Privilege Tax rates have been unchanged since adult-use sales began. Total cannabis tax collections reached $269,994,089 in calendar-year 2025 — $35.61 per resident.

Field Value Source
Excise tax 16% [34]
Excise tax type per price [35]
Sales tax 5.6% [36]
Wholesale tax Not available in the public record —
Potency tax exists No [37]
Potency tax, flower Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, concentrate Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, edibles Not available in the public record —
Local tax (max) Not available in the public record —
Local tax (typical) Not available in the public record —
Total effective rate 21.6% [38]
Medical tax exempt No [39]
Medical tax rate 5.6% [40]
Annual tax revenue $269,994,089 [41]
Tax revenue per capita $35.61 [42]
Tax changed since legalization No [43]
Tax direction unchanged [44]
Operators

Operator Data

Total legal sales were $1,217,961,258 in calendar-year 2025, of which $1,031,792,361 was adult-use, equal to $160.63 per resident. Sales fell 7.1 percent from calendar-year 2024 and have declined for two consecutive years from a calendar-year 2023 peak of roughly $1.42 billion. Arizona publishes no public wholesale or retail price index — the Department of Revenue reports sales dollars, not unit prices — so price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public records; those figures exist only in proprietary point-of-sale data not used here. The state does not publish a clean count of license attrition. The operating establishment count has held between 168 and 170 since 2023, with 170 licensed and 169 operating as of April 2026.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend Not available in the public record —
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) Not available in the public record —
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales $1,217,961,258 [45]
Adult-use sales $1,031,792,361 [46]
Per-capita sales $135.34 [47]
YoY sales growth -7.1% [48]
License attrition (count) Not available in the public record —
License attrition Not available in the public record —
Peak cultivation licenses Not available in the public record —
Current cultivation licenses 170 [49]
Outcomes

Consumer Data

Arizona residents purchased $160.63 of legal cannabis per resident in calendar-year 2025, served by 2.2 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. The state publishes no retail price index, so a sourced trend in consumer prices cannot be stated; trade reporting describes heavy discounting, but no primary public price series supports a figure. No primary state estimate of legal-market capture — the share of total consumption met by licensed retailers versus the unregulated market — is published, so the degree of legacy-market displacement cannot be stated from public sources.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales $135.34 [47]
Dispensaries per 100k 2.2 [15]
Legal market capture Not available in the public record —
Legal capture source Not available in the public record —
Retail price trend Not available in the public record —
Equity

Equity Programs

Arizona's Social Equity Ownership Program reserved 26 vertically-integrated establishment licenses for applicants from communities disproportionately affected by prior cannabis enforcement, awarded by random lottery on April 8, 2022. The state does not publish a count of those licenses that are operational, nor any ownership demographic breakdown by race or gender. The Smart and Safe Arizona Act directs 10 percent of the Smart and Safe Arizona Fund to a Justice Reinvestment Fund for impacted communities, but Arizona publishes no clean current balance or disbursement figure at a primary source, so the amount reaching those communities cannot be quantified from public records. Expungement of eligible records is available by petition under state law beginning July 12, 2021, but it is not automatic — an individual must petition the court. No statewide total of records expunged is published; partial county-level data exists, but no clean granted total can be sourced.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists Yes [50]
Equity program type Social Equity Ownership Program (Smart and Safe Arizona Act / Prop 207): 26 vertically-integrated marijuana establishment licenses reserved for applicants from communities disproportionately impacted by prior marijuana enforcement; awarded by random lottery April 8, 2022. [51]
Equity licenses awarded 26 [52]
Equity licenses operational Not available in the public record —
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists Yes [53]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership Not available in the public record —
Women ownership Not available in the public record —
Community reinvestment Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [54]
Expungement automatic No [55]
Expungements processed Not available in the public record —
Income cap for equity Not available in the public record —
Enforcement

Enforcement

Arizona operates no statewide seed-to-sale tracking system; statute instead requires each licensee to maintain its own. The general civil penalty the health department may assess is capped at $2,000 per violation, with each day treated as a separate violation; a higher $20,000-per-violation penalty applies to unauthorized delivery. Beyond these statutory ceilings, the operational metrics of enforcement — inspection counts, enforcement actions against licensees, illicit-market enforcement actions, regulatory budget and staffing, mandatory testing analytes, per-batch testing cost, and product recalls — are not available in the public record, not because enforcement does not occur, but because the regulator does not publish these figures in a form that can be sourced for a public reference.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system Not available in the public record —
Inspections per year Not available in the public record —
Enforcement actions (licensees) Not available in the public record —
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions Not available in the public record —
Regulatory budget Not available in the public record —
Regulatory staff Not available in the public record —
Mandatory testing analytes Not available in the public record —
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (min) Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (max) $2,000 [66]
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

Proposition 207 reduced cannabis penalties. Possession of up to 1 ounce by adults 21 and over is lawful; possession above that limit but not more than 2.5 ounces is a petty offense; possession above 2.5 ounces — roughly 71 grams — is a class 6 felony. The odor of cannabis alone can no longer establish reasonable suspicion, and there is no per se THC standard for impaired driving — a person with cannabis metabolites is liable only if also impaired to the slightest degree. No penalties were increased after legalization; the net direction is lighter. Unlicensed cultivation is charged by weight, reaching a maximum of a class 3 felony for more than 4 pounds. Unlicensed transport, sale, or import is a class 3 felony below 2 pounds and a class 2 felony at 2 pounds or more, carrying a mandatory fine of at least $750 or three times the value of the cannabis, whichever is greater. Expungement of eligible records is available by petition, not automatically. Post-legalization arrest counts and racial disparity ratios are not published by a primary source and are not asserted here.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Producing (cultivating) marijuana without a license under A.R.S. § 13-3405(A)(3): less than 2 lbs = class 5 felony; 2-4 lbs = class 4 felony; more than 4 lbs = class 3 felony (the maximum). Personal home cultivation of up to 6 plants (12 per household) is lawful under A.R.S. § 36-2852. [56]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale Transporting for sale, importing, selling or transferring marijuana without a license under A.R.S. § 13-3405(A)(4): less than 2 lbs = class 3 felony; 2 lbs or more = class 2 felony (the maximum). Plus a mandatory fine of not less than $750 or three times the value of the marijuana, whichever is greater (§ 13-3405(D)). [57]
Felony threshold (grams) 71 [58]
Felony threshold type possession [59]
Penalty, possession over limit Possession over the 1 oz (5 g concentrate) personal limit but not more than 2.5 oz (12.5 g concentrate) is a petty offense (A.R.S. § 36-2853(A)). Possession over 2.5 oz falls under A.R.S. § 13-3405(A)(1)/(B)(1): less than 2 lbs = class 6 felony. [60]
Penalty, public consumption Smoking marijuana in a public place or open space is a petty offense (A.R.S. § 36-2853(C)). (The first-violation-petty / second-violation-class-3-misdemeanor escalation belongs to § 36-2853(D), which covers unsecured or publicly-visible home cultivation, not public smoking.) [61]
DUI per se limit (ng) Not available in the public record —
DUI zero tolerance No [62]
Penalties increased post-legalization No [63]
Penalty direction lighter [64]
Penalty direction details Prop 207 (effective Nov 30, 2020) made possession of up to 1 oz lawful for adults 21+, created a petty-offense tier for 1-2.5 oz (formerly a felony), eliminated odor of marijuana as reasonable suspicion of a crime (§ 36-2852(C)), removed per se metabolite DUI liability absent actual impairment (§ 36-2852(B)), and created a petition-based expungement remedy (§ 36-2862). [65]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) Not available in the public record —
Racial disparity ratio Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [54]
Expungement automatic No [55]

Sources

  1. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Arizona https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AZ/PST045224
  2. ↑ USPS / U.S. Census Bureau standard two-letter abbreviation for Arizona https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AZ/PST045224
  3. ↑ Most recent verified data point: ADHS Arizona Marijuana Program March 2026 Monthly Report, establishment and patient counts as of 4/1/2026 https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/medical-marijuana/reports/2026/mm-mar26.pdf
  4. ↑ Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Prop 207) took effect upon the Governor's proclamation of canvassed election results, November 30, 2020, making adult possession lawful. A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 28.2 https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  5. ↑ ADHS began approving and licensed dispensaries began adult-use recreational sales on January 22, 2021 https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/marijuana/adult-use-marijuana/index.php
  6. ↑ CALC: first adult-use sale (2021-01-22) minus law effective date (2020-11-30) = 53 days.
  7. ↑ U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Arizona population estimate July 1, 2024 (V2024) = 7,582,384 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/AZ/PST045224
  8. ↑ Arizona requires vertical integration: a single Marijuana Establishment license authorizes cultivation, processing/manufacturing and retail (no standalone cultivation license). ADHS March 2026 Monthly Report (Current Establishments, as of 4/1/2026): 170 establishments https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/medical-marijuana/reports/2026/mm-mar26.pdf
  9. ↑ ADHS Arizona Marijuana Program March 2026 Monthly Report (Current Establishments, as of 4/1/2026): 169 operating establishments (each vertically integrated and authorized to cultivate) https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/medical-marijuana/reports/2026/mm-mar26.pdf
  10. ↑ CALC: 169 operating / 170 awarded establishments x 100 = 99.4%.
  11. ↑ CALC: 169 operating vertically-integrated establishments / (7,582,384 / 1,000,000) = 22.3.
  12. ↑ ADHS Arizona Marijuana Program March 2026 Monthly Report (Current Establishments, as of 4/1/2026): 170 total establishments https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/medical-marijuana/reports/2026/mm-mar26.pdf
  13. ↑ ADHS Arizona Marijuana Program March 2026 Monthly Report (Current Establishments, as of 4/1/2026): 169 operating facilities https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/medical-marijuana/reports/2026/mm-mar26.pdf
  14. ↑ CALC: 169 operating / 170 awarded x 100 = 99.4%.
  15. ↑ CALC: 169 operating establishments / (7,582,384 / 100,000) = 2.2.
  16. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2854 and 9 A.A.C. 18: the Marijuana Establishment license is vertically integrated (cultivation, manufacturing, retail under one license); Arizona issues no standalone cultivation or retail-only licenses https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02854.htm
  17. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2854(A)(1)(b): ADHS may not issue more than one marijuana establishment license for every ten registered pharmacies operating in the state (the '1-to-10' cap), plus limited empty-county allocations https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02854.htm
  18. ↑ 9 A.A.C. 18 R9-18-306 (Applying to Change a Marijuana Establishment License) provides an ADHS process for changes including ownership; establishment licenses are transferable subject to ADHS approval https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R9-18-306
  19. ↑ The Smart and Safe Arizona Act (A.R.S. § 36-2854) imposes no owner/principal-officer state-residency requirement for a marijuana establishment license (unlike the medical patient residency requirement under Chapter 28.1) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02854.htm
  20. ↑ 9 A.A.C. 18 R9-18-102 (Fees): initial Marijuana Establishment license (application + initial licensing) = $25,000. Arizona is vertically integrated, so cultivation is authorized under this single establishment license https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R9-18-102
  21. ↑ 9 A.A.C. 18 R9-18-102 (Fees): Marijuana Establishment license renewal = $5,000 (renewed every two years) https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R9-18-102
  22. ↑ 9 A.A.C. 18 R9-18-102 (Fees): initial Marijuana Establishment license (which includes retail) = $25,000 https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R9-18-102
  23. ↑ 9 A.A.C. 18 R9-18-102 (Fees): Marijuana Establishment license renewal = $5,000 (biennial) https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/arizona/Ariz-Admin-Code-SS-R9-18-102
  24. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2852(A)(2): adults 21+ may possess, cultivate or process up to six marijuana plants for personal use at their primary residence https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  25. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2852(A)(2): up to 6 plants per individual; not more than 12 plants at a residence with two or more adults 21+ https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  26. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2852(A)(1): adults 21+ may possess one ounce or less of marijuana, of which not more than five grams may be marijuana concentrate https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  27. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2854(D) required ADHS to adopt rules allowing and regulating adult-use delivery by January 1, 2025; delivery rules took effect November 1, 2024 (9 A.A.C. 18) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02854.htm
  28. ↑ ADHS adult-use delivery rules (9 A.A.C. 18) took effect statewide November 1, 2024, authorizing licensed establishments to deliver https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/adult-use-marijuana/9AAC18-Art1-4.pdf
  29. ↑ Arizona authorizes no consumption-lounge license; smoking marijuana in a public place or open space is a petty offense (A.R.S. § 36-2853(C)) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02853.htm
  30. ↑ No state consumption-lounge license category exists; zero licensed lounges. A.R.S. § 36-2853(C) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02853.htm
  31. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2852(A)(1): one ounce or less of marijuana per adult 21+ transaction https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  32. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2852(A)(1): of the one-ounce limit, not more than five grams may be in the form of marijuana concentrate https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  33. ↑ A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 28.2 and 9 A.A.C. 18 permit marijuana and marijuana products (flower, concentrate, edibles, topicals, vape) for adult use; manual/mechanical extraction allowed, chemical extraction reserved to licensees https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  34. ↑ A.R.S. § 42-5452(A): 16% excise tax on all marijuana and marijuana products sold to a consumer by a marijuana establishment (adult-use); does not apply to medical sales https://www.azleg.gov/ars/42/05452.htm
  35. ↑ A.R.S. § 42-5452(A): the 16% excise is a percentage of the retail price of the product sold (per_price) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/42/05452.htm
  36. ↑ Arizona state Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) retail rate of 5.6% applies to both medical and adult-use cannabis https://azdor.gov/business/transaction-privilege-tax/adult-use-marijuana
  37. ↑ A.R.S. § 42-5452 levies a flat 16% price-based excise with no THC-potency tiers; Arizona has no potency-based tax https://www.azleg.gov/ars/42/05452.htm
  38. ↑ State adult-use floor: 16% excise (A.R.S. § 42-5452) + 5.6% state TPT = 21.6% applied everywhere; local TPT (county/city) adds roughly 1-5% more depending on jurisdiction https://www.azleg.gov/ars/42/05452.htm
  39. ↑ Medical marijuana is exempt from the 16% excise (A.R.S. § 42-5452(A)) but remains subject to the 5.6% state TPT plus local TPT; it is not fully tax exempt https://www.azleg.gov/ars/42/05452.htm
  40. ↑ Medical cannabis pays the 5.6% state TPT (plus local TPT) and is exempt only from the 16% excise https://azdor.gov/business/transaction-privilege-tax/adult-use-marijuana
  41. ↑ AZ DOR Marijuana TPT and Excise Tax Collections, by Period Covered: CY2025 (Jan-Dec 2025) total collections (medical TPT + adult-use TPT + 16% excise) = $269,994,089 https://azdor.gov/sites/default/files/document/MJ_byPeriodCovered.pdf
  42. ↑ CALC: $269,994,089 (CY2025 total marijuana tax collections) / 7,582,384 population = $35.61.
  43. ↑ The 16% excise (A.R.S. § 42-5452) and 5.6% state TPT have been unchanged since adult-use sales began in 2021; no statutory rate change https://www.azleg.gov/ars/42/05452.htm
  44. ↑ No statutory rate change to the 16% excise or 5.6% TPT since legalization https://www.azleg.gov/ars/42/05452.htm
  45. ↑ AZ DOR Marijuana TPT and Excise Taxable Sales, by Period Covered: CY2025 (Jan-Dec 2025) Medical-203 ($186,168,897) + Adult Use-420 ($1,031,792,361) = $1,217,961,258 https://azdor.gov/sites/default/files/document/MJ_byPeriodCovered.pdf
  46. ↑ AZ DOR Marijuana TPT and Excise Taxable Sales, by Period Covered: CY2025 Adult Use-420 taxable sales = $1,031,792,361 https://azdor.gov/sites/default/files/document/MJ_byPeriodCovered.pdf
  47. ↑ CALC: CY2025 · adult-use sales $1,031,792,361 / population 7,623,818 (U.S. Census Vintage 2025) = $135.34. Reconciled adult-use per-capita (matches Operator Outcomes and the ranking page).
  48. ↑ CALC: CY2025 total sales $1,217,961,258 vs CY2024 $1,310,533,536 = -7.1%. AZ DOR by Period Covered https://azdor.gov/sites/default/files/document/MJ_byPeriodCovered.pdf
  49. ↑ ADHS Arizona Marijuana Program March 2026 Monthly Report (Current Establishments, as of 4/1/2026): 170 vertically-integrated establishments (each authorized to cultivate) https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/licensing/medical-marijuana/reports/2026/mm-mar26.pdf
  50. ↑ Smart and Safe Arizona Act (Prop 207) created the Social Equity Ownership Program; ADHS administers it https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/marijuana/social-equity/index.php
  51. ↑ ADHS Social Equity Ownership Program: 26 vertically-integrated marijuana establishment licenses reserved for applicants from disproportionately impacted communities, awarded by random lottery April 8, 2022 https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/marijuana/social-equity/index.php
  52. ↑ ADHS awarded 26 Social Equity Ownership Program licenses by lottery on April 8, 2022 https://www.azdhs.gov/licensing/marijuana/social-equity/index.php
  53. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2856(D)(4) directs 10% of the Smart and Safe Arizona Fund to the Justice Reinvestment Fund (A.R.S. § 36-2863) for communities disproportionately impacted by prior marijuana enforcement https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02856.htm
  54. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2862: individuals may petition the court to expunge records of qualifying low-level marijuana offenses beginning July 12, 2021 https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02862.htm
  55. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2862(A): expungement is petition-based (the individual must petition the court), not automatic https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02862.htm
  56. ↑ A.R.S. § 13-3405(A)(3) and (B)(7)-(9): producing marijuana without a license is a class 5 felony (<2 lbs), class 4 (2-4 lbs), or class 3 felony (>4 lbs) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03405.htm
  57. ↑ A.R.S. § 13-3405(A)(4) and (B)(10)-(11): transporting for sale/selling/importing marijuana without a license is a class 3 felony (<2 lbs) or class 2 felony (2 lbs or more); § 13-3405(D) mandates a fine of not less than $750 or three times the value https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03405.htm
  58. ↑ Possession over 2.5 oz (~70.9 g) exceeds the petty-offense ceiling in A.R.S. § 36-2853(A) and becomes a class 6 felony under A.R.S. § 13-3405(B)(1) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02853.htm
  59. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2853(A) / § 13-3405(B)(1): the felony threshold is keyed to simple possession exceeding 2.5 oz https://www.azleg.gov/ars/13/03405.htm
  60. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2853(A): possession over 1 oz but not more than 2.5 oz is a petty offense; over 2.5 oz is a class 6 felony under § 13-3405(B)(1) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02853.htm
  61. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2853(C): 'A person who smokes marijuana in a public place or open space is guilty of a petty offense.' (Flat petty offense; the escalating tier in § 36-2853(D) applies to publicly-visible/unsecured cultivation, not public smoking.) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02853.htm
  62. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2852(B): a person with marijuana metabolites is guilty under § 28-1381(A)(3) only if also impaired to the slightest degree; there is no per se / zero-tolerance THC standard for lawful adult users https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  63. ↑ Prop 207 reduced marijuana penalties (lawful possession up to 1 oz, new petty-offense tier, odor no longer reasonable suspicion); no cannabis penalties were increased https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  64. ↑ Net effect of Prop 207 (A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 28.2): lighter penalties https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  65. ↑ A.R.S. §§ 36-2852, 36-2853, 36-2862: Prop 207 legalized possession up to 1 oz for adults 21+, created a petty-offense tier for 1-2.5 oz, eliminated odor as reasonable suspicion, removed per se metabolite DUI liability absent impairment, and created petition-based expungement https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02852.htm
  66. ↑ A.R.S. § 36-2854(B)(2): ADHS may 'assess a civil penalty against a person that violates this chapter or any rule... in an amount not to exceed $2,000 for each violation' (each day is a separate violation). A separate $20,000-per-violation penalty applies to unauthorized delivery under § 36-2854(E) https://www.azleg.gov/ars/36/02854.htm
  67. ↑ See _notes.expungement_processed.
  68. ↑ CALC: $1,217,961,258 CY2025 total legal sales / 7,582,384 population = $160.63.
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