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As recommendations roll in, state health officials begin tricky task of identifying impropriety in medical marijuana system
Dozens of hopeful medical marijuana patients got their medical marijuana recommendations April 15 at a large medical marijuana expo in Glendale, but the recommendations signify what may become a struggle to allow only legitimately ill people into the medical marijuana program, and to discipline or strip the licenses from doctors who wantonly sign marijuana recommendations.
Legislature OKs drug test bill for new pot law
A drug testing bill proposed as a response to Arizona voters' legalization of medical marijuana is headed to Gov. Jan Brewer.
Arizonans to begin applying for medical marijuana today
Arizona's medical marijuana program is hitting a milestone Thursday as patients start turning in applications for the drug to help treat cancer and other diseases in what officials believe is the only completely electronic application system in the country.
Unforeseen Consequences: State pot rules may have spawned hemp industry
A small detail in the state’s medical marijuana rules might allow unregulated hemp production. The perceived loophole, one hopeful hemp farmer says, was created by the Health Department’s lack of input from pot botany experts during the department’s rulemaking process.
Kingman adopts welcoming medical pot rules
Kingman City Council members are embracing a future with medical marijuana.
Some Sierra Vista residents oppose pot shops
Some Sierra Vista residents are not too high on a proposed medical marijuana facility.
Balancing the budget on the backs of pot-smokers
The budget impasse between Brewer and leadership was largely broken when the Ninth Floor got lawmakers to revise their revenue projections upward, a revision that included a projected $10 million in sales tax revenue from medical marijuana.
Use medical marijuana sales tax money for transplants
I have had a pretty tough month, but it pales in comparison to those in need of a life-saving organ transplant.
Evan Wyloge talks about the final medical marijuana rules to come next week
Arizona Capitol Times reporter Evan Wyloge talks about what to expect from the final version of the Health Department's medical marijuana regulations, which will be released March 31.
Final state rules will aid rural pot shops
Since voters passed Proposition 203 in November, the Health Department has been racing against the clock to get rules and regulations in place that will guide Arizona’s medical marijuana program. In an interview with the Arizona Capitol Times, Will Humble, the department director, previewed some of the changes coming in the final rules concerning one of the most contentious parts of the[...]
Arizona House OKs bill reacting to medical pot law
The Arizona House has passed a drug testing bill proposed as a response to Arizona voters' legalization of medical marijuana.
State Bar opinion on med marijuana lawyer ethics
A State Bar of Arizona opinion says lawyers may assist clients in complying with the state's new Medical Marijuana Act under certain circumstances.
