Tucson, AZ Cannabis Regulations: Social Equity Licensing (2026)

36-2854. Rules; licensing; early applicants; fees; civil penalty; legal counsel. A. The department shall adopt rules to implement and enforce this chapter and regulate marijuana, marijuana products, marijuana establishments and marijuana testing facilities. Those rules shall include requirements for: 1. Licensing marijuana establishments and marijuana testing facilities [...] (b) The department may not issue more than one marijuana establishment license for every ten pharmacies that have registered under section 32-1929 [...] (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of this paragraph, the department may issue a marijuana establishment license to not more than two marijuana establishments per county that contains no registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries, or one marijuana establishment license per county that contains one registered nonprofit medical marijuana dispensary. [...] (f) Notwithstanding subdivisions (b) and (c) of this paragraph, and not later than six months after the department adopts final rules to implement a social equity ownership program pursuant to paragraph 9 of this subsection, the department shall issue twenty-six additional marijuana establishment licenses to entities that are qualified pursuant to the social equity ownership program. (g) Licenses issued by the department to marijuana establishments and marijuana testing facilities shall be valid for a period of two years.