As reported by 12 News: PHOENIX – Before long, recreational marijuana could be legal in Arizona. What would it take to legalize marijuana in Arizona? Proposition 205, which would legalize marijuana in the state, passed a legal hurdle last week when a judge rejected a challenge to the initiative by anti-legalization group Arizonans for Responsible […]
The marijuana legalization effort will appear on the November ballot, despite a legal battle mounted by opponents to get it tossed. Read the details from AZcentral.com: Judge rejects lawsuit: Marijuana measure will be on Arizona ballot
Arizona Health Department Says It’ll Grant About 30 More Dispensary Licenses AZDHS will accept applications this summer for about 30 new medical marijuana dispensary licenses in Arizona. The Department of Health Services Director Dr. Cara Christ announced in a blog post, the need for licensing and describes the current state of cannabis business in Arizona: […]
A new pro-marijuana billboard that plays off the slogan promoting the Waste Management Phoenix Open was unveiled in Phoenix on Monday by the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. “If beer and golf make for the ‘greatest party on grass’…Why can’t adults enjoy a safer party on grass?” reads the billboard on the […]
Arizona’s nearly 88,000 medical marijuana patients smoke, ate or otherwise consumed more than 19 tons of the drug last year. An estimated $184 million was spent on the drug legally. This is just the beginning of the medical marijuana consumed in Arizona. The disclosures come as the Marijuana Policy Project, which successfully got voters to […]
AZCentral provides an update on Arizona’s campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol. A marijuana legalization campaign is nearing its goal of gathering 150,000 valid signatures to get on the November ballot. The initiative would ask Arizona voters to legalize marijuana for recreational use and establish a network of licensed cannabis shops where sales of the drug would […]
Business is booming for medical cannabis companies in Arizona. Aside from a 33% surge in patient numbers during the first 10 months of the year, dispensaries are on pace to sell more than 586,000 ounces of marijuana in 2015 – an increase of over 80% from 2014, according to data from the state. The increase in popularity and […]
