CTR074158__AGR2024-014__MCSO_-_Unlawful_Trafficking_Medical_Marijuana_EXECUTED.pdf

This is a five-year Agreement (AGR2024-014) between the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) related to the Arizona Medical Marijuana Initiative and marijuana trafficking regulation. The agreement involves the Maricopa County Drug Suppression Task Force (MCDST), a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area initiative focused on investigating clandestine drug laboratories and illegal marijuana operations.

The contract provides $300,000 in funding over five years, broken down into $250,000 for personnel and operations costs (5 quarterly payments of $50,000) and $50,000 for equipment purchases (8 quarterly payments of $6,250). The contractor's responsibilities include investigating unlawful marijuana trafficking outside registered non-profit medical marijuana dispensaries, tracking overtime hours for related services, documenting investigations, arrests, and closures of unlawful marijuana operations, and providing quarterly reports to ADHS. The scope includes enforcement activities related to marijuana grow operations, dispensaries, and cultivation sites that fall outside or violate the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (AMMA), with a specific focus on synthetic opioid and cannabis-related illegal activities in Maricopa County and surrounding areas.