Andrew Myers

US Attorney Dennis Burke's Buzz-Kill on Medical Marijuana: Feds to Act Against "Large" Grow Operations -- But Won't Define "Large"

Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke says the feds will target "large" marijuana-growing operations -- even if they're approved by state law. "Large," however, isn't being defined.​   Federal agents may bust anyone participating in a "large" pot-growing operation, despite Arizona's vot ... More >>

Final Rules on Medical Pot Too Tough on Patients, One Doctor Says; Other Pot Advocates Satisfied With Rules

Image: www.azmmgablog.com Dr. Edgar Suter​ The final rules for medical marijuana are too tough on patients and may encourage a lawsuit, says one Valley doctor. Edgard Suter, an East Valley nuclear medicine physician who has been an outspoken advocate for medical marijuana, decried an a ... More >>

Anti-Prop 203 Bill Would Allow Employers to Discriminate Against Qualified Medical Pot Users

Image: www.azleg.govState Rep. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, wants employers to have the right to discriminate against and fire qualified medical marijuana users.​ A state lawmaker wants to scratch out the anti-discrimination clause in Arizona's medical marijuana law and give immunity to employers ... More >>

Pot Poll: Support for Larger Grow Facilities and Residency Requirement for Pot-Shop Owners

​ Most Arizona residents prefer larger cultivation facilities for medical pot and residency requirements for dispensary owners, says a poll commissioned by the folks who brought you Prop 203.Joe Yuhas of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Association spoke of the poll results today at the medical m ... More >>

Rules for Medical Marijuana Need More Tweaking, Some Say; Two Public Meetings on Prop 203 Scheduled in Valley This Week

Image: Wikimedia Commons​ Dr. Ed Suter, a Mesa-based physician, says a physical exam should not be required before a doctor provides someone with a recommendation for medical marijuana. Andrew Myers, spokesman for the Prop 203 campaign, thinks that hopeful owners of marijuana dispensaries sho ... More >>

Montana Lawmakers Vote to Repeal Medical Pot; Arizona's Prop 203 Probably Safe From Similar Fate

Montana's House of Representatives voted today, mainly along party lines, to repeal the state's voter-approved medical marijuana program. It seems doubtful that Governor Brian Schweitzer, a Democrat, will go along with the plan -- even if this really isn't his pot card.​ Montana's State House ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Cultivation Plan Antagonizes Feds in Oakland -- and Arizona's Plan is Similar

Melinda Haag, US Attorney for California's Northern District, says Oakland's medical pot cultivation permitting system won't fly.​ A plan to oversee medical marijuana cultivation centers in Oakland drew fire from the feds last week -- yet the plan is similar to that being developed in Arizona. ... More >>

Arizona's Medical-Marijuana Pioneers Don't Know the Final Rules of the Game Yet -- But They Are Certain of the Prize

Prop 203 Appears to Have Won; Remaining Ballots Unlikely to Reverse Trend

Image: Ray SternAndrew Myers reacts on Friday evening to vote counts that show Proposition 203 is winning by a comfortable margin​ Andrew Myers of the Marijuana Policy Project has been edgy since Election Day. Then came the 5:35 p.m. update of vote results. Observing the results from a small ... More >>

Prop 203 Spokesman: "We're Likely to Win" Based on Trend of Provisional Ballots

​ Andrew Myers, the campaign manager for Proposition 203, tells New Times tonight that he's very hopeful the medical marijuana initiative will come out on top when all the votes are in. It seems like wishful thinking, but official figures show he might be right. Myers points out that provision ... More >>

Prop 203 Analysis: How Arizona's Medical Marijuana Measure Could Win; Plus, What Happened?

​ We've crunched the latest numbers, analyzed the trend and spoken to campaign experts about the incredibly close race of Proposition 203. Our take: Arizona's medical marijuana measure will fail without a minor miracle. But we won't burst anyone's bubble yet, 'cause the race isn't finishe ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Proponents Remain Hopeful, Despite Early Results

Andrew Myers of Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project checks preliminary results on Prop 203.​As initial poll results start to come in, Proposition 203 -- the Arizona Medical Marijuana Initiative -- is losing by a small margin. The mood at Alice Cooper'stown-- where supporters of Prop 2 ... More >>

Arizona Medical Marijuana Bill Still Too Close to Call

Andrew Myers of Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project addresses the crowd at Cooper'stown.​As we reported, more than 70 percent of precincts have delivered voting results -- and Proposition 203, Arizona's Medical Marijuana Initiative, is losing by a narrow margin. As this is being writte ... More >>

Prop 203 -- the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act -- Puts the Chronic in Chronic Pain

Arizona Cardinals Get Political -- Not on Immigration, On Medical Weed

www.gohastings.com​Like the Phoenix Suns, the Arizona Cardinals have decided to get political.Don't expect to see any Los Cardinals jerseys, or anything immigration related -- the Cards sat out the whole SB 1070 debate (it was the off-season). The Cardinals are throwing their political weight (and ... More >>

Budget Analysts Predict 66,000 People Would Sign Up for Medical Weed if Legalized in Arizona

​If medical marijuana is legalized in Arizona, 66,000 people would register to be recipients of prescribed pot -- that's according to a legislative budget assessment of what the impact would be on the state should medical weed be legalized in Arizona. Analysts predict that 39,600 pe ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Heads Back to Arizona Ballot

​Arizona voters will have yet another chance to vote on whether they want medicinal marijuana legalized in this state, thanks to the efforts of a statewide advocacy group that's collected hundreds of thousands of signatures over the last several months.Only 153,356 signatures were needed to ge ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Probably Will Be on Arizona Ballot in November

​The Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project announced today that it will submit more than enough signatures to the Secretary of State's Office to get an initiative that would legalize the use of medical marijuana on the November ballot here.The initiative only requires 15 ... More >>

The Marijuana Militia's Been Activated to Bring Medicinal Dope to Arizona

  www.artfiles.comIn the 1997 Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown, Robert DeNiro's character walks into an apartment and finds Bridget Fonda's flakey blonde character watching television with bong in  hand. He says to her: "You know that shit will kill your ambit ... More >>

The Living Lawyer Joke

Q: What do you call someone who allegedly forges signatures, takes clients for hundreds of thousands of dollars, lies to police and helps burn down a building in an insurance scam? A: Until very recently, an attorney in good standing.