The$Following$Chart$Summarizes$Each$Medical$Marijuana$Programs$Timeline$forImplementa?on:

$State $Year$Enacted Date$When$State$Began$Accep?ng$IDCard$Applica?onsDispensaries$(or$the$equivalent)$and$Timelines

for$Their$Implementa?on $Comments

$Alaska Nov.%1998 Early%June%1999 N/A%%Law%does%not%include%state%dispensary%registra>ons.However,%voters%approved%regula>ng%marijuana%for%adults'use%in%Nov.%2014.%Regula>ons%are%due%by%Nov.%2015.%The%rstlicenses%should%be%issued%by%May%2016.

Implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cardprogram%took%about%seven%months.%The%rst%licenses%foradult%use%businesses%are%an>cipated%about%18%months%aSerthe%law's%enactment.

$Arizona Nov.%2010 April%14,%2011 The%Arizona%Department%of%Health%Services%published%nalrules%on%March%28,%2011.%Dispensaries%were%grantedcer>cates%on%Aug.%7,%2012,%and%the%rst%one%opened%in%Dec.2012.%The%Department%issued%addi>onal%rules%on%Dec.%28,2012.

Implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cardprogram%took%about%5%1/2%months.%An%unsuccessful%lawsuitby%Gov.%Jan%Brewer%delayed%the%implementa>on%ofdispensaries.%The%rst%dispensaries%opened%25%months%aSerthe%passage%of%the%state%law.

$California Nov.%1996;%voluntary%ID%cardsenacted%in%Oct.%2003;%fundingenacted%July%31,%2004

Each%of%58%coun>es%had%to%implement%ID%cardsand%some%delayed.%An%ini>al%pilot%programbegan%in%Fall%2005.%Two%small%coun>es%s>ll%havenot%implemented%ID%cards.

N/A%%Although%there%are%hundreds%of%dispensaries%inCalifornia,%its%state%law%does%not%include%state%dispensaryregistra>ons.

The%county^by^county%implementa>on%of%ID%cards%inCalifornia%has%not%been%a%successful%model.%Some%coun>esdragged%their%feet,%and%three%even%sued%(unsuccessfully)%toclaim%the%law%was%preempted%by%federal%law.

$Colorado Nov.%2000:%Voter%amendmentto%cons>tu>on;%June%2010:dispensary%law

June%1,%2001 Dispensaries%already%existed%before%the%state%law%passed%inJune%2010.%They%had%to%complete%state%forms%and%pay%a%feeby%Aug.%1,%2010.%Dispensary%regula>ons%were%nalized%onJune%15,%2011%and%went%into%eect%on%July%30,%2011.

Implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cardprogram%took%just%under%seven%months.%The%dispensaryregula>on%bill%began%phasing%in%within%two%months%of%itspassage,%with%the%ini>al%state%form%and%fees%due.Dispensary%regula>ons%were%nalized%and%went%into%eectwithin%one%year%of%the%laws%passage.

$Connec?cut May%2012 Temporary%registra>ons%became%available%onOct.%1,%2012.

The%state%began%accep>ng%applica>ons%in%Sept.%2013,%andthe%deadline%was%Nov.%15,%2013.%As%of%July%2015,%fourcul>va>on%centers%and%six%dispensaries%have%been%licensed.The%rst%dispensaries%opened%in%Oct.%2014.

Temporary%pa>ent%ID%cards%became%available%within%vemonths%of%the%laws%passage.%The%rst%dispensaries%openedabout%two%years%and%ve%months%aSer%the%law's%passage.

$Delaware Passed%May%2011;%eec>ve%July1,%2011

July%2,%2012 Final%regula>ons%were%approved%in%Jan.%2014.%First%pilotmedical%marijuana%"compassion%center"%was%approved%onAug.%11,%2014.%The%First%State%Compassion%Center%opened%onJune%26,%2015.

Gov.%Jack%Markell%signicantly%delayed%implementa>on%inlight%of%a%leher%he%received%from%Delaware's%U.S.%ahorney%inFeb.%2012.%Markell%decided%to%re^start%the%program%in%Aug.2013,%but%with%only%one%pilot%compassion%center.%Thatcenter%was%approved%about%three%years%and%three%monthsaSer%the%law's%enactment%and%opened%four%years%aSerenactment.

$District$of$Columbia

Nov.%1998%ini>a>ve.%Due%toCongressional%interven>on,%thelaw%did%not%go%into%eect%un>l2010.%The%D.C.%Council%revisedit%in%May%2010,%and%it%went%intoeect%in%July%2010.

June%11,%2013 Regula>ons%were%published%and%went%into%eect%on%April%15,2011%and%were%amended%on%Aug.%12,%2011.%The%Districtgranted%preliminary%approval%to%several%dispensaryapplicants%on%June%12,%2012,%and%the%rst%dispensary%openedin%July%2013.

Dispensary%regula>ons%were%draSed%within%10%months%ofthe%laws%eec>ve%date.%The%applica>on%process%tooklonger,%and%it%was%just%over%three%years%between%when%thelaw%went%into%eect%and%the%rst%dispensary%opened.

$Hawaii June%2000 Dec.%28,%2000 N/A%%Law%does%not%include%state%dispensary%registra>ons,though%a%dispensary%bill%was%approved%by%the%statelegislature%in%May%2015.%If%signed,%it%would%allow%up%to%16dispensaries%as%early%as%July%2016.

Implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cardprogram%took%just%over%six%months.

$Illinois Signed%into%law%Aug.%1,%2013;eec>ve%Jan.%1,%2014

Qualifying%pa>ents%with%last%names%beginningwith%A^L:%Sept.%1,%2014;%M^Z:%Nov.%1,%2014;%year^round%applica>ons:%Jan.%1,%2015

The%Joint%Commihee%on%Administra>ve%Rule%approvedmedical%marijuana%rules%on%July%15,%2014.%The%stateaccepted%both%dispensary%and%cul>va>on%centerapplica>ons%from%Sept.%8,%2014%un>l%Sept.%22,%2014.%In%Feb.2015,%the%state%issued%18%growing%licenses%and%52dispensary%licenses.%As%of%July%2015,%they%are%not%yet%open.

Pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%card%applica>ons%were%rstaccepted%13%months%aSer%enactment.%Medical%marijuanabusiness%licenses%were%issued%about%18%months%aSerenactment.

$Maine Nov.%1999%ini>a>ve;%revised%byvoters%in%Nov.%2009%and%by%thelegislature%in%Spring%2010%andSpring%2011

Early%July%2009 Six%dispensary%registra>ons%were%issued%in%July%2010%and%twomore%were%issued%in%Aug.%2010.%This%was%within%10%monthsof%enactment%of%the%law.%The%rst%dispensary%opened%inMarch%2011.

Maines%ini>al%law%did%not%have%a%pa>ent%registry%orregulated%dispensaries.%The%2009%law%was%fullyimplemented%within%a%year%of%its%passage,%with%regula>onsenacted%and%ID%cards%and%dispensary%registra>ons%issued.The%rst%dispensary%opened%less%than%17%months%aSer%thelaw's%passage.

$Maryland Passed%April%14,%2014;%eec>veJune%1,%2014

The%state%is%not%accep>ng%pa>ent%ID%cardapplica>ons%as%of%July%2015.%However,%pa>entscan%use%their%doctors'%wrihenrecommenda>ons%as%ID%cards%un>l%the%statebegins%oering%them.

The%Natalie%M.%LaPrade%Medical%Marijuana%Commissionsubmihed%regula>ons%on%Nov.%13,%2014.%They%are%expectedto%be%adopted%in%Sept.%2015,%at%which%point%applica>ons%willbecome%available%for%growers,%processors,%and%dispensaries.Medical%cannabis%is%expected%to%be%available%to%pa>ents%inthe%second%half%of%2016.

Maryland%enacted%a%medical%marijuana%law%in%2013%thatwould%have%allowed%academic%medical%centers%to%dispensemarijuana.%No%center%stepped%forward,%and%the%law%wasrevised%in%2014%to%allow%for%dispensaries%and%growers.Regula>ons%are%expected%to%be%completed%a%year%and%vemonths%aSer%the%law's%enactment.

$MassachuseNs Passed%Nov.%2012;%eec>veJan.%1,%2013

The%state%began%accep>ng%pa>ent%ID%cardapplica>ons%in%Oct.%2014.%In%addi>on,%un>l%early2014,%pa>ents%could%use%their%doctors'%wrihenrecommenda>ons%as%ID%cards.

On%May%8,%2014,%the%health%department%issued%regula>onsfor%medical%marijuana.%On%Jan.%31,%2014,%the%Department%ofPublic%Health%announced%that%it%had%granted%preliminaryapproval%to%20%non^prot%dispensaries.%However,%it%rejectednine%of%those%applica>ons%subsequently,%approving%an%ini>altotal%of%11%on%June%27,%2014.%Four%more%were%approved%inNov.%2014.%Rejected%applicants%can%reapply%in%2015,%asQues>on%3%calls%for%up%to%35%dispensaries%to%be%located%inthe%state.%The%rst%dispensary%opened%in%June%2015.

Six%months%aSer%Massachusehs%law%was%enacted,%the%statedraSed%rules,%which%followed%listening%sessions%throughoutthe%state.%Within%a%year%of%the%law's%passage,%the%healthdepartment%had%completed%the%rst%of%two%phases%of%anapplica>on%process.%Following%some%ques>ons%about%theprocess,%the%second%phase%was%completed%in%June%2014.The%rst%dispensary%opened%a%year%later%%about%one%yearand%eight%months%aSer%enactment.

$Michigan Nov.%2008 April%4,%2009 N/A%%Law%does%not%include%state%dispensary%registra>ons. Implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cardprogram%took%about%ve%months.

$Minnesota May%29,%2014 June%1,%2015 On%Sept.%5,%2014,%the%health%department%issued%a%requestfor%applica>ons%for%manufacturers.%Lehers%of%intent%weredue%by%Sept.%19.%The%department%%registered%twomanufacturers%by%Dec.%1,%2014.%Pa>ents%were%allowed%toapply%for%ID%cards%in%June%2015,%and%the%rst%dispensaryopened%on%July%1,%2015.

The%health%department%issued%a%preliminary%draS%of%rules%inAug.%2014,%less%than%three%months%aSer%the%law's%passage.A%second%draS%was%issued%on%Sept.%5,%2014,%and%a%no>ce%ofexpedited%rulemaking%%along%with%the%proposed%rules%was%published%on%Oct.%6.%The%department%approved%twomanufacturers%on%Dec.%1,%%about%seven%months%aSer%thelaw's%passage.%Pa>ents%were%able%to%apply%for%ID%cardsabout%a%year%aSer%enactment,%and%the%rst%dispensaryopened%a%month%later.

$Montana Nov.%2004%voter%ini>a>ve Dec.%14,%2004 N/A%%Law%does%not%include%state%dispensary%registra>ons. Implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cardprogram%took%42%days.

$Nevada June%2001:%pa>ent%registrylegisla>on;%June%2013:dispensary%and%cul>va>on%law

Oct.%1,%2001 Medical%marijuana%business%rules%were%nalized%on%April%1,2014.%Nevada's%Division%of%Public%and%Behavioral%Healthissued%provisional%approval%to%medical%marijuana%businesseson%Nov.%3,%2014.%The%law%allows%the%crea>on%of%66dispensaries%and%200%produc>on%facili>es.%As%of%July%2015,dispensaries%are%not%yet%open.

The%implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%registrytook%under%four%months.%More%than%a%decade%later,%ruleswere%craSed%10%months%aSer%the%dispensary%law%wasenacted.%The%health%department%issued%preliminarycer>cates%in%Nov.%2014,%less%than%a%year%and%a%half%aSerthe%dispensary%bill%became%law.

$New$Hampshire July%23,%2013 Pa>ent%and%caregiver%registry%rules%wereapproved%on%June%25,%2014.%However,%pursuantto%the%opinion%of%the%state%Ahorney%General,the%health%department%is%not%yet%accep>ng%IDcard%applica>ons.%

In%Oct.%2014,%the%Department%of%Health%and%Human%Servicesissued%regula>ons%for%the%processing%of%applica>ons%for%fournon^prot%alterna>ve%treatment%centers%(ATCs)%to%grow%andsell%marijuana%to%pa>ents.%The%state%approved%threebusinesses%to%operate%four%ATCs%in%June%2015,%ve%monthsaSer%the%January%2015%deadline.%They%are%expected%to%openin%2016.

Dispensary%(ATC)%rules%were%provisionally%approved%about15%months%aSer%the%law's%passage.%Preliminary%dispensaryregistra>ons%were%issued%one%year%and%11%months%aSer%thelaw's%passage.%Pa>ents%are%s>ll%not%allowed%to%apply%for%IDcards%as%of%July%2015.

$New$Jersey Jan.%2010 Aug.%9,%2012 Regula>ons%were%issued%in%Nov.%2010,%but%were%rejected%bythe%legislature.%They%were%revised%in%2011,%and%sixalterna>ve%treatment%center%(ATC)%licenses%were%issued%inMarch%2011.%However,%the%rst%ATC%did%not%open%un>l%Dec.6,%2012.

Due%to%re>cence%by%Gov.%Chris%Chris>e,%along%with%mixedsignals%from%the%federal%government%in%2011^2012,implementa>on%was%slow.%It%took%nearly%four%years%for%therst%dispensary%to%open.

$New$Mexico April%2007 July%6,%2007%(ini>ally%temporary%ID%cer>cateswere%available)

The%rst%licensed%producer%registra>on%was%issued%inMarch%2009,%less%than%two%years%aSer%passage.%Four%morewere%licensed%in%Nov.%2009,%and%20%were%licensed%in%2010.

Although%New%Mexico%was%the%rst%state%to%license%larger^scale%cul>va>on%and%dispensing,%its%rules%were%nalized%andthe%rst%producer%was%licensed%in%less%than%two%years.Twenty^three%licensed%producers%are%currently%licensed%inthe%state.

$New$York July%5,%2014 Registry%iden>ca>on%cards%will%becomeeec>ve%on%the%laher%of:%a)%18%months%aSerenactment;%or%b)%when%the%superintendent%ofstate%police%cer>es%the%>tle%can%beimplemented%in%accordance%with%public%healthand%safety%interests.

The%Department%of%Health%issued%regula>ons%in%April%2015.Applica>ons%for%registered%organiza>ons%were%due%in%June2015,%11%months%aSer%the%law's%enactment.%Dispensarylicenses%have%not%yet%been%issued,%as%of%July%1,%2015.

The%department%issued%regula>ons%within%nine%months%ofthe%law's%enactment.%It%accepted%dispensary%applica>ons%11months%aSer%enactment.%However,%pa>ents%are%not%yetallowed%to%apply%as%of%July%2015%%a%year%aSer%enactment.%%

$Oregon Nov.%1998;%Aug.%2013:dispensary%law

May%1,%1999 Dispensaries%already%existed%upon%the%passage%of%the%statelaw%in%2013,%but%they%were%not%clearly%authorized%by%law%orregulated.%%The%rst%dispensary%licenses%were%issued%inMarch%2014,%about%seven%months%aSer%the%dispensary%lawpassed.

Implementa>on%of%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cards%took%justunder%six%months.%More%recently,%the%rst%dispensarieswere%licensed%about%seven%months%aSer%the%dispensary%lawpassed.

$Rhode$Island Jan.%2006;%dispensariesauthorized%in%June%2009

March%31,%2006 Compassion%center%regula>ons%were%nalized%in%March2010.%Three%applicants%were%approved%on%March%15,%2011,less%than%two%years%aSer%the%laws%enactment,%but%Gov.Chafee%halted%implementa>on%and%had%the%law%revised.%Therst%dispensary%opened%on%April%19,%2013.%As%of%July%2015,there%are%three%dispensaries%open%in%the%state.

Implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cardprogram%took%under%three%months.%The%health%departmentwas%expected%to%issue%compassion%center%registra>ons%inSept.%2010.%However,%it%maintained%that%none%of%theapplicants%qualied,%so%it%restarted%the%applica>on%process.ASer%approving%three%compassion%centers%on%March%15,2011,%Gov.%Lincoln%Chafee%reversed%course%on%May%2,%2011,aSer%receiving%a%leher%from%the%U.S.%ahorney.%In%response,the%law%was%revised,%and%the%rst%center%nally%opened%inApril%2013.

$Vermont$ Passed%May%2004;%eec>vedate%July%1,%2004;%dispensariesauthorized%on%June%2,%2011

Oct.%26,%2004 The%Department%of%Public%Safety%began%accep>ng%dispensaryapplica>ons%about%a%year%aSer%the%dispensary%law%wasapproved%and%approved%two%dispensaries%three%monthslater.%The%rst%dispensary%opened%in%June%2013.%As%of%July2015,%there%are%four%dispensaries%opera>ng%in%the%state.

Implementa>on%of%the%pa>ent%and%caregiver%ID%cardprogram%took%ve%months.%The%legislature%passed%a%lawauthorizing%the%licensing%of%four%dispensaries%in%May%2011.The%Department%of%Public%Safety%began%accep>ngdispensary%applica>ons%13%months%later%%on%June%4,%2012%and%approved%the%rst%two%dispensaries%in%Sept.%2012.The%rst%dispensary%opened%in%June%2013,%about%two%yearsaSer%the%laws%passage.

$Washington Nov.%1998.%Further%legisla>onclarifying%rules%related%tomedical%use%was%passed%inApril%2015.

N/A%%ID%cards%are%not%required%in%the%state%ofWashington.%However,%star>ng%July%2016,pa>ents%who%sign%on%to%the%voluntary%registrywill%be%given%special%privileges%includingincreased%possession%limits.

N/A%%Law%does%not%include%state%dispensary%registra>ons. Washington%currently%has%no%medical%marijuana%program%toimplement.%However,%the%state%has%implemented%an%adultuse%marijuana%law,%which%includes%growers,%processors,%andretailers.%The%law%passed%in%Nov.%2012,%and%the%rst%storesopened%in%July%2014.