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Opponents of legalized marijuana sue to block ballot measure
Foes of legalizing marijuana for recreational use in Arizona are trying to block voters from getting their say on the measure.
Marijuana advocates turn in signatures for ballot measure
Supporters of recreational marijuana use turned in more than 250,000 signatures on June 30 to get an initiative to legalize marijuana on the November ballot in Arizona.
Regulate marijuana like alcohol? Not this November
More than 200,000 Arizonans signed petitions to put a marijuana legalization initiative on the ballot. Here’s guessing they didn’t read the initiative’s 20 pages of fine print sponsored by the special interest, Washington D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).
Marijuana advocates to turn in more than 200,000 signatures
Supporters of recreational marijuana use will turn in hundreds of thousands of signatures Thursday morning to get an initiative to legalize marijuana on the November ballot in Arizona.
Phoenix revisits zoning in anticipation of legal marijuana
Phoenix is considering stricter zoning regulations for medical marijuana facilities in advance of a possible vote on legalizing the drug for recreational use.
Rep. Cardenas again introduces bills to legalize marijuana
As a campaign to legalize marijuana by a vote of the people picks up steam, Rep. Mark Cardenas hopes to convince his fellow lawmakers it’d be better if the Arizona Legislature legalized it first.
Arizona should improve education rather than making it worse by legalizing marijuana
With considerable discussion about Arizona’s education funding, along with high school and college graduation rates, shouldn’t we do all we can to improve our state of education instead of making it much worse by legalizing marijuana?
Fuzzy math
The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol presented a giant fake check to school officials on Wednesday at the Capitol, claiming that taxes from recreational marijuana sales would generate more than $40 million a year in revenue for education. “Our schools are in serious need of funding, and taxing marijuana would create a significant new revenue stream,” said Quezada, who serves on the [...]
Facts show Polk’s claim about marijuana deaths among children is misleading
An editorial written by Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk hammered home the most basic argument she and other opponents of marijuana legalization have made – that legalizing marijuana will be bad for kids.
Ducey political allies come out against marijuana legalization
An influential business lobby and close political allies of Gov. Doug Ducey came out against marijuana legalization on Thursday, as opposition mounts against ballot initiatives that seek to put legalization to a vote in 2016.
Poll: 53 percent of Arizonans favor decriminalizing marijuana
New poll numbers show a slim majority of Arizonans favor decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
Marijuana legalization campaign has already gathered 12,000 signatures
Activists hoping to convince voters to legalize marijuana in Arizona have begun collecting signatures to send the issue to the ballot in 2016.
