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Arizona awards certificates for pot dispensaries
Arizona officials used a bingo-style machine with sets of numbered air-blown balls Tuesday as they picked winners from among more than 400 applicants for certificates to run 97 medical marijuana dispensaries around the state.
Arizona AG Horne: medical pot dispensaries illegal
A non-binding legal opinion by Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne warns that federal law means that the state cannot authorize distribution of medical marijuana, but Horne says that doesn't stop the state from holding a lottery Tuesday to award dispensary certificates.
Medical officials say don’t expand AZ marijuana law
Medical officials recommend that Arizona's top public health official deny proposals to expand the state's medical marijuana program, saying it didn't find convincing evidence that the drug helps people in certain cases.
Data to expand Arizona medical marijuana program lacking
Requests to allow medical marijuana use in Arizona for additional medical conditions could be doomed by University of Arizona researchers' reports that they found little or no scientific evidence to support the proposals.
Official: AZ could have pot dispensaries by summer
Arizona is not appealing a court ruling on medical marijuana and there could be licensed dispensaries established around the state as soon as this summer, Health Services Director Will Humble announced Tuesday.
Brewer drops medical marijuana suit
After a nearly eight-month court fight, Arizona’s voter-approved medical marijuana law is back on track for full implementation.
Why? Because I said so, that’s why
The lobby of the Health Department building turned into a stage for an episode of theatrics this morning, as DHS director Will Humble rejected the first medical marijuana dispensary applicant and then had to offer a defense for why he was doing so.
AZ turns away application for marijuana dispensary
An Arizona official has refused to accept an application from prospective operators of a medical marijuana dispensary, setting the stage for a possible legal challenge.
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[...]
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.
Health Department’s new medical-pot proposed regs ease patient-physician relationships, open door to wholesale market
The Health Department on Monday signaled an eased stance on several components of Arizona’s new medical marijuana law, with the release of the second draft of the proposed rules for the yet-to-be implemented system.
