73 dispensaries can sell recreational marijuana. Here they are.

The legal grass is already here.

The Arizona Department of Health Services has approved 73 dispensaries to begin selling recreational marijuana products to adults 21 and older.

See the bottom of this message for a complete list of dispensaries, with names and contact information, from DHS.

A spokesman for The Mint dispensary, which has a location in Tempe and Mesa, said sales will begin today (Friday) at 4:20 p.m.

Territory, which has dispensaries in Chandler, Gilbert and Mesa, says it will also start selling at its locations at 4:20 p.m.

Curaleaf, which has eight dispensaries statewide, began selling at noon in its stores.

Harvest Health and Recreation operates 15 dispensaries in the state. This is explained by CEO Steve White Time us So far “12 or 13” have been approved and they are open and already selling recreational marijuana, including the Scottsdale location at 15190 N. Hayden.

“I think we consummated our first sale 17 seconds after receiving state approval today,” White said. “I expect to see lines through the door today and probably over the weekend, but I think traffic should normalize later.”

Approval comes after 60 percent of Arizona voters supported the state’s last attempt to legalize recreational marijuana (Proposition 207) in November.

Under the new law, adults 21 and older can have up to an ounce of marijuana, with up to five grams of concentrates, and grow up to six cannabis plants at home. The law also allows medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling to recreational users after receiving state approval. Now it has begun.

Specifically, the measure required the Arizona Department of Health Services to begin accepting applications on Jan. 19: existing dispensaries or applicants hoping to open one in a county that already has fewer of two dispensaries.

Some have seen this as a way for the existing industry, which funded the initiative’s campaign, to get the limited number of licenses and maintain a monopoly in the market. But it is also a way to avoid the logistical problems that hampered deployment in states that tried to build a completely new recreational cannabis system from scratch.

The law gives state regulators 60 days from the end of the early application period on March 9 to start issuing licenses, but dispensaries expected the state to grant the licenses much earlier – and that seems to have happened. .

Sam Richard, executive director of the Arizona Dispensary Association, said the vendors had earned the trust of state officials, paving the way for quick approval.

“They’re known amounts,” he said. “They are entities known to regulators.”

While some in the industry were expecting an immediate paper mark and starting selling on Jan. 20, Richard said it would take a little longer to submit applications than expected and that background checks required that fingerprints were presented in person.

“The file [Arizona Department of Health Services] he himself is anxious not to be the body that prevents adult cannabis use, ”he said.

A spokesman for the agency said Time us last week, licenses will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis, meaning the number of dispensaries offering recreational products is likely to continue to rise over the next few days. At some point, the state will also issue licenses to 26 new dispensaries through a social equity program, but the details remain to be worked out.

A spokesman said ADHS said the agency had already received 61 applications as of Wednesday afternoon.

Some local producers expect sales growth of 3 times. Item 9, Labs revenue manager Bryce Skalla said the company had to find extra space to store the extra packaging they had stored.

“We have giant cargo containers … just full of packaging,” he said. “Where do you put a million jars?”

Skalla also warned that for anyone trying marijuana products for the first time in decades, current products are much stronger. He recommends getting a quarter of what you think you should get.

Recreational sales are also subject to a 16% state tax and you may still have trouble smoking in public or driving while being stoned, so be smart.

The atmosphere outside the Curaleaf location in south central Phoenix was festive just after two-thirty in the afternoon. Two lines of fast-moving recreational and medical clients were separated by a velvet rope, while a DJ played.

Friends AJ Johnson and Bobby Jones were figuring out how to place their orders online before entering. Johnson said Phoenix New Times that they were trying to buy the best flower they had.

“We want this shit to keep you high for two days,” he said.

Behind them, welder Erick Fonseca said he had come right after work after receiving a news alert on his phone. This weekend I was hoping to buy edible products to enjoy with the weather.

“I’m glad I didn’t have to get off the street,” he said. “It’s time for them to do something smart.”

Not everyone was enthusiastic about legalization.

“Now I have to wait in a long queue,” said West Scott medical patient. He plans to keep his card to avoid the 16% excise tax on recreational sales.

In addition to the celebratory atmosphere, Mesa chef Jacquelynn Hanley had been hired for the restoration. It served lemon chicken, green beans with herbs, pasta salad and a mixed green salad. Hanley said he used to attend luxury events, so it was a good change.

“Everyone here has been very relaxed and cool,” he said. “They’re not at all demanding.”

At the Curaleaf location in Midtown, Phoenix, about 30 people were in line just before 5 p.m. Many had come as soon as they knew the recreational sale had begun.

“I found out just when I went to drop off the packages at UPS,” Kisha Vega said as she waited in line.

Nick Harper lives nearby and arrived as soon as he saw a post on Instagram that sales were happening. He got a pair of cartridges that he uses to self-medicate his leg.

“It’s a lot easier to get it for me,” he said.

Keith Morris, a Curaleaf employee, helped people make the reservation before entering. He said the crowd had been quite diverse.

“I think people know what they want,” he said.

Chella Marie had gone to the store from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian community with her brother and her two adult children as there are no dispensaries in the reserve. Marie concentrated tonight. After making Fry Bread Friday for dinner, he plans to consume cannabis and set up a playground for his grandchildren.

“Grandma will be out there laughing and singing with them,” he said.

While an elderly medical patient chose not to wait in line, others were happy to see how other people had access. Professor Emily Bacon saw legalization as a snapshot of an increasingly young and diverse Arizona.

“It’s fun to be a part of that,” he said.

(This story was updated a few hours after publication.)

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