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WASHINGTON — Marijuana-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers should not be targeted for U.S. prosecution in states that allow medical use of the drug, prosecutors were told Monday in a new policy memo issued by the Justice Department.
Proposition 203 is not about the medical use of marijuana. That’s right. In fact, many people who support medical marijuana are against 203 because it’s downright deceptive.
Phoenix Holistic Health Center in Ahwatukee Foothills is out to inform the community that medical marijuana, or cannabis, is not something to fear.
In November, Arizona will vote on Proposition 203, the so-called medical marijuana initiative. As an anti-drug activist for 30 years, I’ve watched the pro-legalization lobbies.
It looks like Arizonans are going to get to decide if they want to be able to use marijuana for medical reasons.
Arizona appears on the verge of finally getting a law that will allow patients to obtain marijuana legally.
Arizona voters may get a chance this year to do what they thought they were doing in 1996: allow people who are ill to possess and use marijuana legally.
Ronald Fraser: At long last, policymakers in Washington have begun to draw a line between illicit drug use and the legitimate use of drugs as medicine. In March, President Barack Obama's attorney general announced the federal government will no longer prosecute medical marijuana clinics that operate in compliance with state laws. This means lawmakers in Phoenix are now free to decide - without interference from Washington - if marijuana will fill a medical niche in Arizona.
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.
A Phoenix political consultant has launched a campaign designed to convince Arizonans not to allow medical marijuana in the state.
The new medical marijuana law went into effect Thursday, while potential medical marijuana patients gathered at the Green Relief Expo at University of Phoenix stadium to receive recommendations from doctors.
A new drive has been launched to reduce the penalty for having small amounts of marijuana to a fine. Phoenix resident Dennis Bohlke filed the necessary legal papers to begin collecting signatures to put the measure on the 2010 ballot. The maximum penalty for those convicted of having four ounces of marijuana or less would be $300.
Conceding their lobbying arguments are inconsistent with those in court, state prosecutors have given up in their bid to regulate how products with marijuana are labeled.
It isn’t even legal yet. And it won’t be unless voters approve.
Choosing to concentrate its efforts elsewhere, a national group has decided not to finance an initiative in Arizona to legalize the use of marijuana for medical purposes - at least not this year.
The organization that funded Arizona's 2010 medical marijuana initiative says lawmakers who now want voters to scrap the program are missing the point of a study on teen use.
Close to one out of every eight high schoolers who admitted to smoking marijuana recently say they got it from a medical marijuana cardholder.
U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl led a group of Republican officials Wednesday denouncing a ballot measure that would allow medical marijuana.
Gov. Jan Brewer has cleared one hurdle for new research on the possible medical benefits of marijuana.
Arizona’s top health official has a warning for cities and counties: Get your zoning regulations in order — and soon.
Arizona's top health official says voters should reject a ballot measure that would allow doctors to recommend marijuana to their patients.
Rejecting the pleas of the state's former top federal prosecutor, a House panel voted Thursday to let police destroy marijuana they have seized even if it turns out the person had a right to possess it.
Arizona voters will decide a number of ballot measures when they go to the polls on Nov. 2.
Medical marijuana has not gone away in Arizona. Despite its last defeat at the polls nearly three years ago, the medical marijuana issue has returned.
Medical marijuana has not gone away in Arizona. Despite its last defeat at the polls nearly three years ago, the medical marijuana issue has returned.
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