HCR2045 Summary

• Establishes a 5% transaction privilege tax on medical marijuana sales by nonprofit dispensaries, with revenues directed to the state general fund for AHCCCS nonmedicaid seriously mentally ill services.

• Requires the Department of Health Services to develop warning labels based on U.S. Surgeon General warnings on marijuana and mandates their affixation to all medical marijuana dispensed to qualified patients.

• Creates a grant program from the medical marijuana fund for research studies on marijuana safety, efficacy, and side effects, specifically examining the relationship between marijuana use and schizophrenia and the correlation between marijuana use and violent behavior.

• Provides legal protection for grant recipients and their employees conducting approved marijuana research studies, exempting them from prosecution for possession of marijuana cultivated for medical research purposes.

• Submits the measure to voters at the next general election for approval.