An effort to repeal Arizona law that allows for recreational marijuana dispensaries won’t go before voters this November.
The leader of the effort to outlaw dispensaries that sell to adults by 2028 has said he’s scrapping his plan.
The campaign needed to submit about 260,000 signatures by early July.
Susan Hwang owns dispensaries in Yuma and Mesa. She’s not surprised that a measure won’t be on the ballot.
“I know there were some industry leaders and even some customers who were concerned about it. But I think it was the right decision for the group to withdraw. Especially with the new de-schedule of medical marijuana federally,” Hwang said.
The Trump administration recently reclassified medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug. But recreational marijuana remains in the same group as heroin.
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Arizona’s junior U.S. senator has introduced bipartisan legislation that would protect insurance companies that sell policies to marijuana businesses. Marijuana is federally illegal, making businesses that sell it more risky to insure. -
The Trump administration reclassified medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug in April. A weekslong hearing on whether to put recreational use in the same category starts Monday in Washington, D.C. -
Respondents to a survey in Colorado expressed interest in trying cannabis as an alternative to pharmaceutical medications and because they had exhausted other interventions. -
The company is a growing operation, and according to Aeriz’s website, it uses 95% less water than traditional soil farming, in a state that desperately needs it. -
The name Trulieve is on more than 20 marijuana dispensaries in Arizona.
