Top Eight Reasons Conservatives Should Love Medical Marijuana

Not all conservatives want to lock up sick grannies and other medical-marijuana patients, a fact proven by the thousands of right-wingers who in 2010 voted “yes” on Arizona’s Prop 203. Yet in polls, Republicans and conservatives do tend to favor penalties for the plant’s growth and use more often than…

Medical Marijuana Grower Shot and Stabbed During Apparent Robbery

A medical marijuana grower was shot and stabbed inside his Surprise home yesterday in an apparent robbery.Martin Ridgway is in critical condition after being shot once in the abdomen and stabbed multiple times by one of the three men who came to Ridgway’s home posing as medical marijuana patients, police…

Tom Horne: Arizona Medical Marijuana Act Preempted by Federal Law, in Part; Cardholders OK, Dispensaries Could be Nixed by Court

See also: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Lottery Coming Tuesday, and Will Be Streamed Live Online Arizona should not authorize medical-marijuana dispensaries as voters intended because they would violate federal law, says state Attorney General Tom Horne. But the state’s 2010 medical-marijuana law isn’t preempted by federal law in decriminalizing pot possession…

Sheriff Scott Mascher’s Letter to Governor Jan Brewer Contains Discredited Info on US Attorney’s Intentions; Same as Sheila Polk’s

See Also: Sheila Polk’s Letter to Brewer Misstates AZ U.S. Attorney’s Position on Medical Marijuana See Also: Medical Marijuana Dispensary Lottery Coming Tuesday, and Will Be Streamed Live Online A letter about medical marijuana to Governor Jan Brewer by Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher, and signed by other sheriffs, contains…