For Radioactive:

The advice I've read so far is spot-on. I would also take into consideration the amount of time it would take for serious cultivation of ones own medicine. From my experiences as a MMJ Owner/Operator in California, you would need to wait 8-9 months (not including dry/cure time) for your very first harvest to quantify nearly a pound per plant. It would also take one of only two styles of grow to accrue such a large quantity from so few plants. The first is a commercial-warehouse style grow with tall enough ceilings to account for the height of the plant in addition to the amount of room necessary for a very expensive lighting system. The second would be an outdoor style grow with additives and soil amendments. You aren't paying nearly as much out-of-pocket outdoors, but there are many environmental factors that will affect the quality of the medicine. Arizona is a typically hot and dry state outside of the mountain communities and that will play a very big role in the process of cultivation.
I'm new to the Arizona Community but I look forward to the opportunity of facilitating the needs of our medical patients with compassion and empathy and to not overlook the many patients who also suffer from financial hardships.

From the research that I've done so far, AZCS is a great resource for the new medical marijuana patients of Arizona. The wisdom and advice from AZCSceo has been the most honest and upfront that I've read from all of the topics and posts thus far and the information is all accurate. (Not so for many of the Half-Baked somebodies that have been masquerading as legitimate MMJ partners.)
Beware of those! I've seen too many people who think that this is an extension of the Black Market and have a desire to make a profit from the sick and dying, an issue that I find abhorrent!

In conclusion, my advice would be to read up on marijuana cultivation from a reputable web-site with many seasoned/experienced growers and to pick their brains with questions OR to invest in a few cultivation books. I like Ed Rosenthal as opposed to Mark Emery or Jorge Cervantes but nearly any beginner's guide is enough to gather a scope of the process and if it would be-who of you to invest in personal cultivation or to donate to your local Cooperative or even to use a reliable delivery service.
All of which SHOULD be available by the summer of 2011. That's only a reasonable approximation and the amount of time could be shorter or longer with respect to the amount of time successful entrepreneurs can establish legitimate not-for-profit MMJ collectives here in Arizona.

I hope that answered some of your questions!

TS