Stacey Theis spent untold hours in recent months tooling across Arizona in her bright-green CannaBus, talking to voters and collecting signatures for a grassroots marijuana-legalization campaign. After Wednesday’s announcement by the group, Arizonans for Mindful Regulation, that it was halting its 2016 petition drive a month before the state’s July…
A judge has ruled that the Arizona Department of Health Services wrongly denied a hearing to petitioners who want people with Parkinson’s disease to qualify for medical marijuana. “In a desire for professionalism, the department has utilized a standard of proof that is higher than the rules call for,” Administrative Law…
A grassroots Arizona cannabis-legalization campaign halted its drive for a 2016 ballot measure on Wednesday after failing to reach its signature-collection goals. Campaign manager Jason Medar confirmed in an April 12 blog post that Arizonans for Mindful Regulation wasn’t gathering petitions fast enough to make the July 7 deadline to…
Swell Farmacy’s plan to build a marijuana dispensary near Arizona State University hit a roadblock with Tempe zoning officials and may end up in court because of allegations of a conflict of interest on the zoning board. Swell Farmacy, also known as Healing Healthcare 3 Inc., wants to build its…
From the tons sold in legal medical-marijuana dispensaries to the tons imported each year from Mexico, Arizona is a place that knows its cannabis. Here’s a roundup of last week’s biggest pot news stories that affect the Grand Canyon State… Pro-Cannabis, Left-Wing Candidates File to Run for Office in Arizona…
From the tons sold in legal medical-marijuana dispensaries to the tons imported each year from Mexico, Arizona is a place that knows its cannabis. Here’s a roundup of last week’s biggest pot news stories that affect the Grand Canyon State… CRMLA Takes Issue With Pot Prohibitionists’ Acceptance of Booze-Industry Contribution…
A judge sentenced cannabis activist Billy Hayes to two years in prison on Friday for his role in two medical-marijuana businesses. Hayes, 40, is a hero to those who oppose monopolistic practices and tight restrictions in the marijuana industry,and was the subject of a November 2014 feature story in New…
From the tons sold in state-legal medical-marijuana dispensaries to the tons imported each year from Mexico, Arizona is a place that knows its cannabis. Here’s a roundup of some of last week’s biggest news stories about marijuana that affect the Grand Canyon State… Legal Marijuana Would Be Tax Windfall for…
The height of hypocrisy for this Arizona campaign season may have been reached: The pot prohibitionists who want to keep cannabis a felony in Arizona have accepted a large donation from the alcohol industry, New Times has learned. A spokeswoman for Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, the anti-cannabis-legalization group led by…
From the tons sold in state-legal medical-marijuana dispensaries, to the tons imported each year from Mexico, Arizona is a place that knows its cannabis. Here’s a roundup of some of last week’s biggest news stories about marijuana that affect the Grand Canyon State… State Supreme Court: No Immunity for Doctors…
Arizona’s main marijuana-legalization campaign was the butt of jokes and stereotypes on network TV on Wednesday — which is totally cool when the comedian is Jimmy Fallon. Fallon, host of The Tonight Show, gave a shout-out during his Wednesday-night monologue to the clever billboards rolled out in Phoenix and Tucson this…
Surveys of Arizona voters in recent months showed that a measure to legalize marijuana for all adults 21 and older — likely to materialize on this November’s ballot — could use some help. Donald Trump to the rescue? Possibly. Now that Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, supporters of marijuana…
National advertising and digital-marketing company AdCellerant and Voice Media Group, parent company of the Phoenix New Times and six other newsweeklies, have launched a programmatic advertising network for cannabis businesses. Programmatic advertising refers to a variety of methods by which display ads are purchased and published automatically, with the idea…
From the tons sold in state-legal medical-marijuana dispensaries to the tons imported each year from Mexico, Arizona is a place that knows its cannabis. Here’s a roundup of some of last week’s biggest news stories about marijuana that affect the Grand Canyon State: Arizona Health Department Says It’ll Grant About…
The top Republican fundraising company that employed drug-bust suspect Emily Pitha also raised money for Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, an anti-marijuana-legalization group. Pitha and her boyfriend, Christopher Hustrulid, were arrested this week after a raid on their Phoenix home turned up large quantity of contraband and evidence of drug-dealing…
Arizona has marijuana on the brain — and no wonder: The state has one of the country’s biggest medical-marijuana programs, its voters may approve an adult-use legalization initiative at the ballot in November, and it shares a border with one of the world’s biggest producers of cannabis. Here’s a roundup…
Veterans with post-traumatic-stress disorder will soon be able to take part in cannabis study in Arizona and Colorado after recent approval by the Drug Enforcement Agency. The study will be conducted by the California-based Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) with embattled Arizona Dr. Sue Sisley, fired from the University…
Arizonans could reject “recreational marijuana” on the ballot this November, according to a poll released on this week by a group that opposes the measure. Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy, led by Seth Leibsohn and Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk, commissioned the poll from Data Orbital, a company run by…
Arizona has marijuana on the brain — and no wonder: The state has one of the country’s biggest medical-marijuana programs, it may approve an adult-use legalization initiative at the ballot in November, and it shares a border with one of the world’s biggest producers of cannabis. Here’s a roundup of…
The Arizona Department of Health Services continues to spend big bucks to keep serious diseases from being listed as qualifying ailments under the state’s medical-marijuana program. In its latest effort, the department has spent tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars — which comes from medical-marijuana patients — trying to…
An Arizona citizens’ initiative campaign to legalize marijuana announced today that it has reached 200,000 signatures — more than needed to make November’s ballot. But the campaign is shooting for far more than it needs, at least 225,000 signatures, in case some invalidated.. “Voters want to have their say on…
Arizona’s got marijuana on the brain — and no wonder: The state has one of the country’s biggest medical-marijuana programs, it has at least one potential adult-use legalization initiative likely to appear on November’s ballot, and it shares a border with one of the world’s biggest producers of cannabis. Here’s…
