Get your med card and save at ANC!
The benefits of having your Arizona medical marijuana card include marijuana affordability, higher purchase limits, higher dosage products, no age restrictions and employee protection.
How do I get started?
1. Meet with your doctor or ours
Begin by obtaining a physician recommendation from your current doctor or meet with ours to discuss medical marijuana, health records might be required.
2. Receive your Arizona MMJ card
Once you’ve been approved and receive your Arizona medical marijuana card, bring it into ANC!
3. Save on weed
We will update our records and you will begin to receive Medical patient pricing.
How To Get An Arizona medical marijuana card
1. Determine if you have a Qualifying Condition that Arizona recognizes
To become a medical marijuana patient in Arizona, a person must have one of the following qualifying conditions:
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Severe and Chronic Pain (This can include arthritis, migraines, old injuries, neuropathy and more)
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Severe Nausea
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Persistent Muscle Spasms
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
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Alzheimer’s Disease
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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Cachexia or wasting syndrome
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Cancer
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Crohn’s Disease
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Glaucoma
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Hepatitis C
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Seizures
2. Get physicians MMJ recommendation
In order to receive your Arizona medical marijuana card, you’ll need to begin by obtaining a physician recommendation. There are many doctors currently approving patients for medical marijuana in Arizona. When meeting with your physician, be prepared to discuss your medical condition and why you think medical marijuana will be beneficial to you.
3. Submit your Az mmj application
The doctor will give you the needed medical records and documents to begin the process of obtaining your medical marijuana card in Arizona. When you have all the required forms, you will be able to apply on the ADHS portal.
4. Pay Az medical marijuana application fee
Once you have submitted your required forms, you will pay your state fees on the ADHS website. A MasterCard or Visa is required to pay your application fees. Credit cards, debit cards, or pre-paid cards are accepted. Please note that application fees are non-refundable.
5. Receive Your Arizona medical marijuana card
Once your application, doctor recommendation and fees are all submitted, the state will review the information. If your application is approved, the state will email you a digital Arizona medical marijuana card (in PDF format) within 14 days. Once you receive your digital Az mmj card, then you can legally begin purchasing medical marijuana at ANC! 🎉
Benefits of having an Arizona medical marijuana card
You save money on weed
Choosing medical over recreational marijuana in Arizona could save you hundreds, even thousands, of dollars. Medical marijuana is more affordable, taxed less, and often comes with extra dispensary perks.
Medical marijuana is subject to less tax (6.2% sales tax) compared to recreational marijuana (16% Excise tax and 6.2% sales tax).
For a $100 purchase, an Arizona medical marijuana patient will pay only about $6.20 in sales tax, where a recreational customer would pay $22.20 in taxes for the same product!
Access to higher dosage products
Arizona recreational marijuana customers are limited to products containing 10 mg or less of THC per serving and 100 mg or less per package. There is no limit on product or package dosages for Arizona medical marijuana patients!
Legal Protection at Work
Arizona medical patients receive legal protections at their workplace that aren’t available to customers without a medical card.
No age restrictions on purchasing marijuana
Arizona recreational marijuana is only legal in Arizona for Adults 21 and older. An Arizona medical marijuana patient can be of any age and be able to purchase medicine at ANC.
Higher Purchase Limits
As an Arizona Medical Marijuana patient you can possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana in any form or combination of forms, including flower and/or concentrates or preparations made from Marijuana. As a Recreational customer, you are only allowed up to 1 ounce of marijuana at any given time, with no more than 5 grams of that amount being in the form of a marijuana concentrates.
Protect your SSI payments
Seniors with medical marijuana cards need not worry about losing their Social Security benefits, as stated by a spokesperson from the Social Security Administration, unless they are convicted of a criminal offense related to marijuana or confined in a correctional institution for an extended period. Therefore, maintaining their medical marijuana patient status can be advantageous for seniors using cannabis as part of their daily routine.
Meet with our Doctor!
Meet Dr. Jennifer Burns, a Naturopathic Medical Doctor serving Phoenix and the surrounding communities. She is the owner/operator of Burns Integrative Wellness Center