Arizona Launches Adult-Use Cannabis Sales

Adult-use cannabis sales in Arizona began last Thursday making the state the quickest to move from approval at the ballot box to a functional market. Curaleaf, Harvest Health, The Mint, and Territory dispensaries were among the companies to begin cannabis sales to adults last week, AZ Central reports.

Dispensaries must pay $25,000 to apply for a recreational sales license and Arizona Department of Health Services spokesman Steve Elliott said that the agency had approved 86 applications.

Steve Cottrell, president of Curaleaf Arizona, described the state’s transition to a recreational market as a “defining moment.”