Arizona Accepting Applications For 26 Lucrative Marijuana Licenses For ‘Social-Equity’
The new licenses are intended to help people harmed by previous marijuana laws
The Arizona Department of Health Services has started accepting applications for “social-equity” marijuana shop licenses despite lawsuits seeking to stop the program and make it more inclusive.
The new licenses are intended to help people harmed by previous marijuana laws before the drug was legalized for recreational use last year by giving 26 individuals licenses to run lucrative marijuana shops.
But as with social-equity programs in other states, Arizona’s program run by ADHS is facing headwinds from people who don’t think the rules are fair to everyone who should have a chance to apply for them.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Randall Warner on Wednesday heard from plaintiffs in one of those lawsuits but declined to order ADHS to stop taking applications.
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