As it stands on September 22, 2021, Delta-8 THC remains illegal under Arizona state law. Legislations on Delta-8 THC in Arizona have followed the exact pattern as most other western states, much like it has across states like California.

The following bills clarify the legal status of Delta-8 THC in the state of Arizona:

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TITLE 3 AGRICULTURE. CH. 2, ART. 4.1 INDUSTRIAL HEMP R3-4-1001. Definitions

In addition to the definitions provided in A.R.S. §§ 3-201 and 3-311, and A.A.C. R3-4- 101, the following terms apply to this article.

"0.300%" has the same meaning as three-tenths percent.

"Certified laboratory" means the State Agriculture Laboratory or any laboratory certified by the State Agriculture Laboratory to perform compliance analysis of industrial hemp.

"Hemp" has the same meaning as industrial hemp.

"Responsible party" means a person that has signing authority of a partnership, limited liability company, association, company, or corporation.

"THC" means Tetrahydrocannabinol

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"Total Delta-9 THC concentration" means the total calculable amount of the chemical compound, Delta-9 THC.

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TITLE 3 AGRICULTURE. CH. 2, ART. 4.1 INDUSTRIAL HEMP

3-311. Definitions
As used in this article, unless otherwise specified:

2. "Crop" means any industrial hemp grown under a single license from the department for the growth of industrial hemp.

5. "Hemp products" means all products made from industrial hemp, including, but not limited to, cloth, cordage, fiber, fuel, grain, paint, paper, construction materials, plastics, and by-products derived from sterile hemp seed or hemp seed oil, but shall not include any product that is used for human consumption, except food made from sterile hemp seed or hemp seed oil.

6. "Hemp seed" means any viable Cannabis sativa L. seed that grows into an industrial hemp plant subject to this article and regulations established by the director.

7. "Industrial hemp" means the Cannabis sativa L. plant and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration not exceeding three-tenths percent on a dry weight basis.

8. "Industrial hemp site" means a location at which a grower, harvester, transporter, or processor has a crop, a harvested crop, or hemp seed.

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A.As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

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2. "Cannabis" means the following substances under whatever names they may be designated:

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(a)Marijuana.

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(b)All parts of any plant of the genus cannabis, whether growing or not, its seeds, the resin extracted from any part of such plant, and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such plant, its seeds or resin; but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination.

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(c)Every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such resin, tetrahydrocannabinol T.H.C., or of such plants from which the resin has not been extracted.

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36-2512. Substances in schedule I

A.The following controlled substances, unless specifically excepted, are included in Schedule I:

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3.Any material, compound, mixture, or preparation which contains any quantity of the following hallucinogenic substances and their salts, isomers, and salts of isomers, unless specifically excepted or unless listed in another schedule, whenever the existence of such salts, isomers, and salts of isomers is possible within the specific chemical designation (for purposes of this paragraph, "isomer" includes the optical, position and geometric isomers):

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(w)Cannabis, except the synthetic isomer of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol.