TUCSON — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured.

Gov. Jan Brewer is rejecting a plea from county attorneys that she order the state health department to stop issuing cards for people to legally obtain marijuana for medical reasons and not to license dispensaries to sell the drug.

The state's more than 38,000 medical marijuana users are in no danger of losing their medication, at least not at the ballot box.

PHOENIX — A state appeals court hears arguments Thursday on whether to temporarily put on hold a judge's order upholding Arizona's medical marijuana program.

State and county officials cannot refuse to process applications for medical marijuana dispensaries just because the drug remains illegal under federal law, a trial judge ruled today.

Hoping for a speedy conclusion, Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery on Friday asked the Arizona Supreme Court to immediately take up his challenge to the state's medical marijuana law.

Once upon a time there was no drug-related crime in the United States.

Can anyone blame our poor Gov. Jan Brewer and her "confused" Arizona attorney general for going to federal court for "clarification" on the Arizona medical marijuana law? The U.S. attorney general for the state of Arizona is threatening to pounce upon the Arizona medical marijuana licensing agents with the full weight of the U.S. government - possibly even fines or incarceration. What's a poor girl to do?

It could be months before the first medicinal marijuana dispensary opens in the state of Arizona while citizens with a vested interest wait on the outcome of a federal lawsuit that is currently blocking these openings.

Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a waiver which will allow Attorney General Tom Horne to try to close down the marijuana dispensaries that her state health department is in the process of licensing.

The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to rebuff efforts by Attorney General Tom Horne to block state licensing of medical marijuana dispensaries.

On Nov. 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration acted to temporarily control five chemicals commonly found in synthetic marijuana, popularity referred to as "Spice," making it illegal to sell or possess any product containing the chemicals after a 30-day period.

With nanotechnology expected to become a $1 trillion industry by 2015, Arizona State University will open a center to study the societal impacts of the burgeoning interest in the miniscule.

With nanotechnology expected to become a $1 trillion industry by 2015, Arizona State University will open a center to study the societal impacts of the burgeoning interest in the miniscule.

On April 2, 2013, the Associated Press announced amendments to its style book, effectively banning the use of the word “illegal” to describe a person as in “an illegal immigrant.” This announcement was followed by similar pronouncements from other news sources, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Denver Post.

Arizona's top prosecutor asked a judge Thursday morning to void a key provision in the state's 2-year-old medical marijuana law.

Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a waiver which will allow Attorney General Tom Horne to try to close down the marijuana dispensaries that her state health department is in the process of licensing.

Half of Arizona’s voters (49.9 percent) voted against “medical” marijuana, many suspecting it was just a scam to legalize pot. They’ve since been proved right. But what most opponents don’t know is that our elected officials could and should stop this law today. Prop 203 authorizes violations of federal law, and states can’t do that, not even by voter initiative.

An early indication that the Bush administration would be flexible on conservative principles it found inconvenient came when then-Attorney General John Ashcroft sought to kill Oregon’s Death With Dignity Act.

State officials will award the first-ever licenses to legally sell marijuana this coming week under what one prosecutor said is a cloud of having them shut down the moment they open their doors.

Ignoring a threatened lawsuit, a Senate panel voted Monday to let police destroy marijuana they have seized, even if it was taken wrongly from a medical marijuana patient.

On Nov. 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration acted to temporarily control five chemicals commonly found in synthetic marijuana, popularity referred to as "Spice," making it illegal to sell or possess any product containing the chemicals after a 30-day period.

On Nov. 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration acted to temporarily control five chemicals commonly found in synthetic marijuana, popularity referred to as "Spice," making it illegal to sell or possess any product containing the chemicals after a 30-day period.

Attorneys for would-be marijuana dispensaries asked a state judge Wednesday to order Gov. Jan Brewer to follow the law approved by voters and begin issuing licenses as the statute directs.