Tag: arizona

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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.24)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.24)

05:08pm It’s been relatively quiet week on the medical marijuana front, with the big news being the DC Circuit Court’s interest in determining whether Air Force...
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October 18, 2012
10/18/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.17)

04:14pm The federal rescheduling petition got a day in court, the feds keep up the pressure in California, a dispensary may actually open in New Jersey,...
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October 9, 2012
10/09/2012
Two More Drug War Deaths — Border Patrol Involved in Both

Two More Drug War Deaths — Border Patrol Involved in Both

07:16pm A San Diego housewife and an Arizona Border Patrol agent were both killed in recent, separate incidents involving drug law enforcement. Housewife Valeria Tachiquin-Alvarado and...
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October 4, 2012
10/04/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.03)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.10.03)

03:24am Mitt Romney (mis)speaks out on medical marijuana, the LA dispensary ban is repealed, and the feds keep on grinding away at medical marijuana providers with...
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September 28, 2012
09/28/2012
Top Eight Reasons Conservatives Should Love Medical Marijuana

Top Eight Reasons Conservatives Should Love Medical Marijuana

Republicans and conservatives tend to favor penalties for the plant’s growth and use more often than Democrats and liberals. It shouldn’t be that way.
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August 30, 2012
08/30/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.29)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.29)

04:56pm The battle of Los Angeles continues, Arizona prosecutors don’t like their medical marijuana law, and a bill is pre-filed in Kentucky. There’s also lots more...
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August 28, 2012
08/28/2012
Medical Marijuana Tests Boss-Worker Relations

Medical Marijuana Tests Boss-Worker Relations

In Arizona, Esther Shapiro claims she was fired from her new job because she uses medical marijuana for pain relief from fibromyalgia. The 17 states that permit medical marijuana...
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August 24, 2012
08/24/2012
Attorney General Files to Halt Licensing of Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Attorney General Files to Halt Licensing of Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Arizona Medical Marijuana Dispensaries are at risk as Attorney General Tom Horne argues that voters are legally powerless to authorize anyone to sell marijuana as long as it...
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August 22, 2012
08/22/2012
$1 Billion in Marijuana Plants Seized From Public Lands in Western States

$1 Billion in Marijuana Plants Seized From Public Lands in Western States

More than 550,000 marijuana plants seized with an estimated street value of $1 billion during an eight-week crackdown targeting illegal marijuana growing operations on public lands across...
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August 10, 2012
08/10/2012
Arizona Governor Signs Waiver Allowing AG to Attack Medical Marijuana

Arizona Governor Signs Waiver Allowing AG to Attack Medical Marijuana

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has signed a waiver that will allow Attorney General Tom Horne to try to close down the marijuana dispensaries that her state health...
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August 9, 2012
08/09/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.08)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.08)

05:52pm, (Issue #746) The end of dispensaries in LA looms, more federal threat letters in Colorado, and a medical marijuana initiative in North Dakota!? That’s just...
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August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
Phoenix Medical Marijuana Grower Who Was Shot and Stabbed Runs a “Compassion Club”

Phoenix Medical Marijuana Grower Who Was Shot and Stabbed Runs a “Compassion Club”

Phoenix Medical Marijuana Grower Martin Ridgway, who was shot and stabbed inside his Surprise home yesterday during a robbery, was actually running a “compassion club” out of his...
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August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
Arizona Medical Marijuana Drawings Use Bingo Balls

Arizona Medical Marijuana Drawings Use Bingo Balls

The Arizona medical marijuana lottery was conducted on Tuesday using a bingo machine with sets of numbered air-blown balls to choose winners from among hundreds of applicants...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
Medical Marijuana: Arizona To Hold Prescription Marijuana Lottery

Medical Marijuana: Arizona To Hold Prescription Marijuana Lottery

Arizona will hold a prescription marijuana lottery tomorrow to pick medical marijuana dispensaries. Though prescription pot is legal in Arizona, the Department of Health Services received 486 applications...
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August 6, 2012
08/06/2012
AZ SWAT Team Kills Man in Drug Raid Shoot-Out

AZ SWAT Team Kills Man in Drug Raid Shoot-Out

03:20pm A Phoenix-area SWAT team shot and killed one man during a “dynamic entry” (break the door down) drug raid early Thursday morning after the raiders...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Woman Walks After Prosecutorial Perfidy in Tucson

Woman Walks After Prosecutorial Perfidy in Tucson

02:57pm, (Issue #745) Special to the Chronicle by Houston-based investigative journalist Clarence Walker, who can be reached at cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.com. This article is the latest in his...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.01)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.08.01)

06:32pm, (Issue #745) What!? No DEA raids? Not this week, but the federal crackdown on dispensaries continues, and cities and localities in medical marijuana states continue...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
Arizona Medical Marijuana Approval for Sleeping Disorders, Skin Conditions Sought

Arizona Medical Marijuana Approval for Sleeping Disorders, Skin Conditions Sought

Tuscon Citizen reports that the Arizona Department of Health Services has received petitions to expand the medical marijuana program to include treatment of sleeping disorders and skin...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
Arizona Governor Rejects Call to Stop Medical Marijuana

Arizona Governor Rejects Call to Stop Medical Marijuana

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is rejecting a call from 13 Arizona county attorneys that the state health department stop issuing medical marijuana cards and to not license medical marijuana dispensaries...
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July 26, 2012
07/26/2012
Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

Medical Marijuana Update (2012.07.25)

06:22pm, (Issue #744) Harborside fights for its life, LA bans dispensaries, and Oregon transplant hospitals are lightening up on medical marijuana patients. Those are the big...
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