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Prop 203 Wins! Medical Marijuana Coming To Arizona

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on November 12, 2010 Legislation, Medical, News

Victory in Arizona: Safe access to medical marijuana is coming for patients in the Grand Canyon State

Arizona’s Proposition 203, which legalizes medical marijuana in the state, has passed.

The measure had trailed until Friday afternoon, but is now leading by about 4,400 votes, reports Ray Stern at Phoenix New Times. The margin appears certain to be enough that remaining ballots will not reverse the trend.

“Although there are still about 10,000 votes left to be counted, our lead of more than 4,000 votes makes us 100 percent confident in announcing Arizona is now the 15th medical marijuana state!” said Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP).

About 8,000 early ballots and 2,000 provisional ballots from Maricopa County remained to be counted at 5:35 p.m., but the pro-Prop 203 trend seen in the last few tens of thousands of ballots “bodes extremely well for the measure,” New Times reports.

AZ: Answer Coming Soon On Prop 203 Medical Marijuana Vote

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on November 12, 2010 Legislation, Medical, News

Photo: My Fox Phoenix

As of Friday morning, only 1,500 votes separated “Yes” and “No” on Prop 203, Arizona’s medical marijuana ballot initiative

Gap Narrows As Final Ballots Counted

Friday, November 12 is the deadline for county election officials in Arizona to finalize the election that was held 10 days ago. One of the races that has been too close to call until now is Proposition 203, which would legalize medical marijuana in the state.

Maricopa County is the only hold-out at this point, according to the Arizona Daily Star, with tens of thousands of ballots left to count. Prop 203 at latest count is behind by only 1,500 votes, closing the gap from 3,000, according to My Fox Phoenix, gaining ground in the past week as ballots were counted.

If vote-counting goes late into the night, it may be Monday morning before cannabis patients in Arizona will find out if they’ll have legal access to the medicine that works best for them.

Both the Daily Star and the Tucson Citizen were reporting Friday that voters wouldn’t know the outcome until next week, but My Fox Phoenix‘s story says “Answer on Medical Marijuana Will Come Friday Night.”

Arizona Governor Sues To Stop Medical Marijuana Program

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on May 24, 2011 Legislation, Medical, News

Photo: News Real Blog

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer will not defend her state’s medical marijuana law, approved by the voters last November. Instead this asswig is asking the feds for instructions on how to run her own state. Nice “leadership” there, Jan.

Redundant Lawsuit Supposedly Aims To Establish Federal Legality

In a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne announced that they are filing a lawsuit in federal court to challenge the medical marijuana program established in Arizona by the passage of Proposition 203 last November.

Even though the law was passed by a majority of Arizona voters, the governor and attorney general will not defend the law and instead asked the courts to decide if it is illegal under federal law.

“We are deeply frustrated by this announcement,” said Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. “The law Governor Brewer wants enjoined established an extremely well thought-out and conservative medical marijuana system.”

Infamous Sheriff Arpaio Targets New Medical Marijuana Law

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on February 10, 2011 Medical, News

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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio claims he “wanted to be prepared for criminals who believe that Proposition 203 will allow them to deal marijuana with impunity”

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, already infamous for his treatment of immigrants and prisoners, has now set his sights on Arizona’s new medical marijuana patients following the passage of Proposition 203 by voters last November.

Arpaio on Wednesday announced the formation of a special unit targeting people who violate the state laws, claiming he “wanted to be prepared for criminals who believe that Proposition 203 will allow them to deal marijuana with impunity,” reports Deborah Stocks at ABC 15.

The Sheriff is so far alone — other police agencies in Arizona are waiting for finalization of state Department of Health Services rules regulating medical marijuana before assigning resources to control abuses of the law, reports JJ Hensley at The Arizona Republic.

Arizona: Yes To Medical Marijuana; 120 Dispensaries Allowed

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on November 14, 2010 Dispensaries, Medical

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After a tally of late provisional ballots, Arizona voters have approved Proposition 203, a state ballot measure that will allow patients suffering from cancer, AIDS, and other life-threatening illnesses to use medical marijuana with authorization from their doctor. Arizona now joins the list of 14 other states, along with the District of Columbia, that have passed medicinal cannabis laws since 1996.

“Voters in Arizona have sided with science and compassion while dealing yet another blow to our nation’s cruel and irrational prohibition on marijuana,” said Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project. MPP provided funding and support to the Arizona Medical Marijuana Project, a local group that ran the Prop 203 campaign.

Arizona Sets The Stage For Medical Marijuana Legalization

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on September 29, 2010 Legislation, Medical

Graphic: Reality Catcher

It’s about five weeks until Election Day, and the Arizona Department of Health Services is brainstorming ways to implement a medical marijuana policy in case voters approve Proposition 203, the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.

The department has spoken out against Prop 203, reports Michelle Ye Hee Lee of The Arizona Republic. But if the measure passes, the department will need to draft an administrative code for implementation and set up an electronic verification system to keep track of records, including doctor authorizations, dispensary applications and cardholder registrations.

Legalization’s “Enemy Number One” to speak in Arizona this week

By William Breathes on April 16, 2014 Culture, News

If you’ve been craving a dose of “Reefer Madness,” there’s still time to RSVP to Thursday’s annual conference of the central Arizona anti-drug organization MATForce. The public portion of the conference runs from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors auditorium, 205 West Jefferson Street. The featured speaker is Kevin Sabet, the anti-cannabis activist that Rolling Stone magazine calls “Legalization Enemy No. 1.”
Sabet’s a drug-policy expert and marijuana prohibitionist who’s served as adviser to the Office of National Drug Control Policy under two presidents. He’s on a crusade to save marijuana users by forcing them either to undergo re-education and “treatment” — or to rot in jail.

Poll: 59% Support for AZ Medical Marijuana Act, Legalization

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 14, 2013 Legislation, Medical, News

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59% of Arizonans — including a majority of independents — support the law allowing medical marijuana dispensaries

In a poll conducted January 9 and 10, Public Policy Polling found that 59 percent of Arizonans support the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, and also 59 percent would vote “yes” on a future initiative to legalize and regulate marijuana in a manner similar to alcohol.

The poll of 600 Arizona voters was commissioned by the National Cannabis Industry Association. You can view the results by clicking here [PDF].

Despite multiple delays caused by governmental inaction and meritless lawsuits, the strictly controlled nonprofit medical marijuana dispensaries mandated by 2010’s Proposition 203 are beginning to operate.

Want To Open A Medical Marijuana Dispensary In Arizona?

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on March 13, 2012 Dispensaries, Medical, Products

MedBox

MDS says its MedBox machines are the most secure and transparent method to assure patient verification and compliance

Want to run a medical marijuana dispensary in the Grand Canyon State? A California-based firm is consulting with companies, groups and individuals on the steps necessary to successfully complete their applications to establish medical marijuana dispensaries in Arizona.

To date, Medicine Dispensing Systems, Inc. (MDS), a subsidiary of Medbox, Inc., says it has been hired to consult for more than 60 individuals and small groups vying for approval of dispensary certification applications in Arizona, which are limited to a total of 124 approvals statewide.

Arizona votes approved Ballot Proposition 203 in 2010. Prop 203 allows registered qualifying patients who have a physician’s written certification that they have been diagnosed with a debilitating condition that would likely receive benefit from marijuana, to obtain the product from a registered nonprofit dispensary, and to possess and use medical marijuana to treat the condition.

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer recently dropped her lawsuit which had put the application process on temporary hold, and now the Arizona Department of Health Services expects to begin accepting dispensary applications as soon as April.

Judge To Arizona Gov: Open The Marijuana Dispensaries Already

By Steve Elliott ~alapoet~ on January 19, 2012 Dispensaries, Legislation, News

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Arizona officials must allow medical marijuana dispensaries under the 2010 voter-approved medicinal cannabis law, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge has ruled.

In his Wednesday ruling, Judge Richard Gama struck down some restrictions that state officials had planned to use to determine which applicants were eligible for dispensary licenses, report Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Mary K. Reinhart of the Tucson Citizen.

Judge Gama noted that Arizona voters wanted the Medical Marijuana Act implemented 120 days after it passed and that “this has not been done,” reports Ray Stern at Phoenix New Times.

The reason it wasn’t done, Stern reports, is that Governor Jan Brewer — who spoke out against Proposition 203 before voters approved it in November 2010 — halted the dispensary portion of the new law at the same time she filed an unsuccessful federal lawsuit against it. Brewer decided on Friday that she wouldn’t refile that lawsuit and that the state should begin accepting applications once a lawsuit by Compassion First AZ was resolved.

Judge Gama’s ruling resolved that lawsuit, but it will still be months before the state’s 18,000-plus medical marijuana patients can walk into a dispensary and get their medicine, Phoenix New Times reports.

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