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Report: Arizona Has 159,000 Patients and Sold 8,194 Lbs. of Marijuana

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The Arizona Department of Health Services’ (ADHS) latest medical marijuana program report, which covers through the month of February 2018, reveals that there are 158,488 active medical marijuana patients in Arizona.

Maricopa County has the largest number of patients with 101,023. Pima County was second with 21,999 patients, then Pinal County with 8,860 and Yavapai County with 8,088.

Arizona medical marijuana patients’ ages range from adolescents to seniors:

  • Under 18 – 218 patients
  • 18 to 30 – 39,177
  • 31 to 40 – 32,528
  • 41 to 50 – 24,786
  • 51 to 60 – 26,469
  • 61 to 70 – 25,794
  • 71 to 80 – 7,862
  • 81 and older – 1,654

According to the data, there are 96,744 males (61.04%) and 61,744 females (38.96%) with medical marijuana cards, and the most common qualifying condition in Arizona is chronic pain.

Arizona patients’ medical marijuana qualifying conditions:

  • Chronic Pain – 135,863 patients (85.72%)
  • Cancer – 3,750
  • PTSD – 2,036
  • Seizures – 1,197
  • Muscle Spams – 1,182
  • Glaucoma – 1,041
  • Hepatitis C – 868
  • Nausea – 800
  • HIV/AIDS – 636
  • Crohn’s disease – 524
  • Cachexia – 117
  • Alzheimer’s disease – 63
  • Sclerosis – 47
  • Two or more conditions – 10,364

In February, dispensaries sold a total of 8,194 pounds (131,112 ounces) of marijuana. Here’s an itemized list of marijuana sold:

  • Marijuana flower – 7,497 pounds (119,965 ounces)
  • Marijuana edibles – 363 pounds
  • Other marijuana – 333 pounds

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