Arizona Medical Marijuana Program January 2016 Monthly …

Arizona Medical Marijuana Program January 2016 Monthly Report

In November 2010, Arizona voters passed the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA), A.R.S. ?36-2801 et seq. The AMMA went into effect on April 14, 2011, making Arizona the fourteenth state to adopt a medical marijuana law. The AMMA designates the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) as the licensing and issuing authority for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program.

The AMMA monthly report highlights the most current program statistics. This includes data on active medical marijuana cardholders as well as transaction data from the sale of medical marijuana at non-profit medical marijuana dispensaries. Tables 1 through 6 and Figures 1 through 3 reflect data that are point in time. Table 7 and Figure 4 are data from the month of January, 2016. For further information and statistics, please reference the Arizona Medical Marijuana Annual Report.

Table 1. Arizona Medical Marijuana Active Qualifying Patients, Designated Caregivers and Dispensary Agents Profile

Active Cardholder's Profile

Totals

Percent total

1. Qualifying patients (QPs)

89,255

96.46%

2. Caregivers (CGs)

644

0.70%

3. Qualifying patients (minors)

150

0.16%

4. Caregivers (minor patients)

150

0.16%

5. Dispensary agents (DAs)

2,329

2.52%

Total

92,528

100%

*Note: For caregivers and dispensary agents, these data reflect unique individuals, not the number of cards.

Table 2. Arizona Medical Marijuana Active Qualifying Patients Profile

Application profile of qualifying patients

1. New applications 2. Renewal applications 3. Changed demographics 4. Added Caregivers 5. Change Dup 6. Replaced Caregivers 7. Removed Caregivers

Totals 61,124 25,133 1,202

267 1,647

11 21

Percent total 68.37% 28.11% 1.34% 0.30% 1.84% 0.01% 0.02%

Approximately 12 percent (n = 11,286) of the active cardholders were determined to be SNAP eligible. Of the 11,286 that were determined to be eligible, 4,954 (~44%) were females and 6,332 (~56%) were males.

Table 3. Arizona Medical Marijuana Active Qualifying Patients Characteristics

Characteristics of Active Cardholders who are Qualified Patients

Patient Age-groups Less than 18 years 18 to 30 years 31 to 40 years 41 to 50 years 51 to 60 years 61 to 70 years 71 to 80 years 81 and older

Patient Gender Male Female

Totals (N = 89,405)

138 21,835 18,088 14,140 16,965 14,373 3,176

690

58,558 30,847

Percent total

0.15% 24.42% 20.23% 15.82% 18.98% 16.08% 3.55% 0.77%

65.50% 34.50%

Figure 1. Arizona Medical Marijuana Active Qualifying Patients Characteristics by Gender and Age

0.38 0.62

0.27 0.73

0.31 0.69

0.37 0.63

0.43 0.57

0.36 0.64

0.40 0.60

0.53 0.47

100%

(N = 89,405)

Females (N=30,847) Males (N=58,558)

90%

80%

70%

60%

50%

40%

30%

20%

10%

0%

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