Next year's ballot may include marijuana measure

 The voter-approved Arizona Medical Marijuana Act, allows people with a doctor's recommendation to get a state-issued card, to obtain up to 2.5 ounces of pot, every two weeks. Now, Dennis Bohlke is pushing a measure for next year's ballot to make the possession of marijuana legal for all adults. 

State Supreme Court may consider marijuana driving case

Arizona's highest court is being asked to decide whether anyone who smokes marijuana, legally or not, can ever drive legally in the state.

Border Patrol agent accused of smuggling marijuana must stay in jail

A federal agent charged with helping smuggle drugs into the U.S. has been ordered to remain in jail. 

Marijuana goes to school

A university in Northern California has formed an academic institute devoted to marijuana.

$500,000 worth of marijuana seized

Authorities in Pinal County have found hundreds of pounds of abandoned drugs in a stretch of desert along Interstate 8. 

Large marijuana grow destroyed in Wenden

Authorities have destroyed more than 4,500 marijuana plants found along the Centennial Wash near Wenden, about 100 miles northwest of Phoenix.

Do you support legalization of marijuana?

In Arizona, California, and 15 other states, medical marijuana is legal. Studies estimate that around 80% of American support medical marijuana legalization.

But we're curious to know what you think about marijuana, period. Should it be legalized? Why or why not?

Legal medical marijuana and an end to guilt

Last year, we told you the story of a woman who uses medical marijuana as she recovers from cancer. (She wishes to remain anonymous.) At the time she first spoke with us, Arizona’s voter-approved medical marijuana law was still very much up in the air. That was over eight months ago. Her life has changed a great deal since then.

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Moving Forward

Arizona’s contentious medical marijuana law is moving closer to full implementation. A ruling in Maricopa County Superior Court this week struck down several rules about who can operate marijuana dispensaries.

Medical Marijuana Initiative Blocked

Over 16,000 people have been approved to use medical marijuana, but marijuana dispensaries remain unavailable.

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