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 rules: how dispensary licenses will be distributed.
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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.
Read More »Lawmaker: Protect employers with medical marijuana law on the way
Now that Arizona voters have approved the use of medical marijuana, employers need new ways to deal with employees who are impaired for any reason, a state lawmaker said Tuesday.
Read More »Arpaio forms squad in response to medical pot law
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is forming a special squad to target people who use Arizona's new medical marijuana law to violate other drug laws.
Read More »Pot tax stuck in House committee 
The House Ways and Means Committee on Monday did not to vote on a proposed 300 percent tax on medical marijuana in Arizona, opting instead to further investigate what effects such a tax could have.
Read More »Pot shop lottery unsettles some would-be entrepreneurs 
Cancer may pick its victims randomly, but previously hopeful business people looking to get into the new medical pot industry think that’s a lousy way for the state to decide who gets licenses to sell medical marijuana.
Read More »Arizona previews rules for medical marijuana 
The Arizona Department of Health Services has released a 42-page draft of the rules that will dictate how the state’s medical marijuana program will operate.
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