A report suggested that last year in Arizona more than 114,000 people who are prescribed to use medical marijuana smoked or consumed over 29 tons of the drug.
That's more than half of a fully-loaded tractor trailer. It is equivalent more than 58,600 16 ounce bags of Oreos.
The legally sold marijuana has seen an increase in sales up to 52 % than in 2015 and in 2015 the numbers were themselves double the prior year.
The figures in 2016 are high because of the number of medical marijuana users has increased in the past year by 35 %.
By calculations, it meant that average medical marijuana user consumed just under 8 ounces of medical marijuana last year, though the odds are some smoked more and some smoked less.
The price of ounce of medical marijuana is $300, that means the drug users spent over $281 millions on marijuana.
According to reports from the state Department of health services, the male patients outnumbered females by a margin of 2-1.
Doctor recommends obtaining up to 2 1/2 ounces of marijuana in every two weeks.
Those conditions include glaucoma, seizures and nausea. And, more recently, the health department concluded that those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder also can use the drug for treatment of their symptoms.
The majority of people in the state who have the ID cards have already qualified under the broad catch-all category of "chronic pain.''
The figures from health the department said, because the 2010 law requires that medical marijuana users obtain their drugs from one of what are now 131 state-licensed dispensaries who provide the drug. The only exception is for those people, who live more than 25 miles away from a retail outlet, which is only about 1 percent of the total.
Health Department figures also show that the vast majority of what was purchased — more than 90 percent — was in the form of whole leaves and flowers that can be smoked or made into tea. About 6 percent is in the form of edibles like cookies and lollipops, with the balance in other forms like pills and liquids.
The report came on the heels of voters narrowly defeating Proposition 205 which would have allowed any adult to use marijuana. Proponents have said they intend to try again, whether in 2018 or 2020.
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