Would-be pot shops sue Arizona for right to open
Gov. Jan Brewer
Gov. Jan Brewer explains why she has directed Attorney General Tom Horne to ask a federal court to decide if Arizona can enforce its new medical marijuana law despite federal statutes making possession, sale and transportation of the drug illegal.
Will Humble
State Health Director Will Humble, right, explains to attorney Ryan Hurley on Wednesday why he is refusing to accept an application by a group of doctors to operate a medical marijuana dispensary in Scottsdale. Dr. Joel Colley, medical director of the proposed dispensary, listens in. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)
Will Humble
State Health Director Will Humble, right, explains to attorney Ryan Hurley on Wednesday why he is refusing to accept an application by a group of doctors to operate a medical marijuana dispensary in Scottsdale. Dr. Joel Colley, medical director of the proposed dispensary, listens in. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)
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az2008 posted at 12:52 pm on Tue, Jun 14, 2011.
Jan Brewer's devotion to so-called states' rights is typical of conservatives. They have no hesitation to allow manufacturing of incandescent light bulbs. By definition that would put a state regulatory agency at odds with a federal one. Enforcing immigration law exposes law enforcement officers to charges of violating equal protection (profiling) while performing a job they aren't constitutionally tasked with.
But, "demon weed" is like the Red Scare of the '60s. The mere mention of the word sends the establishment into reactionary fits.
Suddenly "Oh my, the feds might arrest a clerk who sealed the envelope with the dispensing license! The horrors of it all! We better wait, federal law is supreme."
True colors. I love it. Like the Tea Pottiers talking about less government and then receiving their own state-backed license plate.
Masterrogue666 posted at 5:12 am on Thu, Jun 16, 2011.
az2008: I disagree. I guess you didn't read this part:
"may conflict with federal statutes that make a felony to sell, possess or transport marijuana. More to the point, Horne is questioning whether having state employees processing dispensary applications leaves them liable for helping others violate federal law."
Sounds like they are trying to get a ruling BEFORE it becomes a problem later. I call that being proactive.
RationalHuman posted at 1:33 pm on Wed, Jun 22, 2011.
Hey Masterrogue666. can you answer this question?
How many state employees in the 15 other states with medical marijuana laws have been harrassed, arrested, warned, etc. by Federal authorities?
(the answer is NONE).
So much for pretending to be proactive, they're breaking the law.
What part of ILLEGAL don't you understand?
NumberOne1AZfan posted at 7:21 am on Fri, Jun 24, 2011.
You will never get Medical Marijuana in AZ as long as Brewer and Horne are in power.
Next election , send this wicked witch back to OZ