I only know of 3 shops in the Phoenix area and 2 in Tucson area and at least 1 in Flagstaff opening next month.
what's the deal with this? i'm seeing websites and such for dispensaries but they haven't even issued licenses. there are a limited amount of licenses and i would imagine a lot of people applying for them.
how do they decide who amongst the qualified gets licensed?
do these "dispensaries" already have locations that they're paying rent on, and have lights hung, ready to begin growing when they get the okay? or are they just business plans?
i'm interested in starting a co-op out there. i lived there years ago and my family still does. i still have my az license too so i should be okay as far as that goes.
There must be a better way to determine where the dispensaries will be spread across the state.
they're pushing to get the 25mile rule droped an the lottery switched to the most qualified to assist patients... there also thinking of switching the 2 year to 3 year resident to help keep cats from other states from jumping ship an comeing over, keep it local...
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I thought this new draft was an excellent improvement for patients. The process of getting a card is a lot faster and easier.
Dispensaries should be placed in areas of high(er) population, where there will be a demand... Not out in the middle of nowhere, where there is a realistic chance there could be 0 patients nearby. The CHAAs seem to be designed to keep people from growing in their homes. There must be a better way to determine where the dispensaries will be spread across the state.
There are bound to be several dispensaries placed in locations that are way the hell out there, but those dispensaries will be viable businesses. Not because they will have patients lining up at the counter, they won't. But what a person can do is scoop up one of those licenses in Timbuktu, set up a very small retail space and then focus all of your efforts on cultivation. Dispensaries can sell to dispensaries, so it would be a relatively lucrative business.