Authorities: Mexican Drug Cartel Suffers “Death Blow;” Billion-Dollar Trafficking Ring Busted Up by Law Enforcement Agencies

Federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies claim to have delivered a “death blow” to a Mexican drug trafficking ring that was running $33 million worth of drugs through Arizona every month.Authorities announced this morning the results of “Operation Pipeline Express,” a 17-month investigation into a drug trafficking ring that…

Weed-Smuggling Ice Agent Jason Lowery Held Without Bail

Jason Alistair Lowery, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer who was busted in a marijuana smuggling sting last week — and then led authorities on a high-speed chase through the desert while throwing bundles of weed out of his ICE-owned vehicle — is to be held without bail,…

Feds Target Property Owners of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in California

The feds launched a new assault in their fight against medical marijuana today, threatening to seize the property of California medical marijuana dispensaries unless they close within 45 days.If there’s no push-back from the states that have legalized weed for qualified patients, including Arizona, it looks like this could be…

Medical Marijuana and Guns: Bad Idea?

The U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Bureau — which, as we noted earlier this week, is the same agency that lets drug cartel members buy guns — is warning firearms dealers not to sell guns to medical marijuana users.The ATF wrote a letter to firearms dealers earlier this week warning…

Arizona Medical Marijuana Law Doesn’t Ask State Workers to do Anything Illegal, Lawyers Say; “Bad Faith” Prosecution by Feds Deemed Unlikely

The Arizona U.S. Attorney isn’t likely to launch a “bad faith” prosecution against state workers administering the new medical pot law, says a group opposing Governor Jan Brewer’s federal lawsuit on the issue.Besides, say lawyers for the group of defendants, those state workers wouldn’t be violating federal law, anyway.The case…

Eight Doctors Recommending Medical Pot Aren’t Following Rules to Access DEA Database, State Says; Letters Sent to Medical Boards

Eight doctors who have written nearly half of the state’s 10,000 or so medical marijuana recommendations didn’t check in with a DEA-monitored database as required, state officials allege. Will Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services, says he notified the Arizona Medical Board and Arizona Naturopathic Physicians Medical…

Marijuana-Growing Operation Found in Glendale Business

If you’re missing a marijuana-growing business, maybe it’s the one Glendale police found last month.Dozens of pot plants were discovered sprouting in a commercial business space near 57th Avenue and San Miguel Street on July 28, but the owners still haven’t been found, says Glendale police spokesman Sergeant Brent Coombs.”At…