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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A payment processor for marijuana dispensaries has been ordered by the Arizona Corporation Commission to pay back retirees hundreds of thousands of dollars. -
Workers at a midtown marijuana dispensary say they’ve ratified a union contract with the company Curaleaf, which is publicly traded in Canada. -
The Trump administration has reclassified medical marijuana — moving it from a Schedule I to a Schedule III drug. -
The federal government has reclassified state-licensed medical marijuana as a less dangerous drug, and effects of the decision will be felt in Arizona. -
The marijuana holiday 4/20 is on Monday. It falls about 10 weeks before the deadline to submit enough signatures so Arizona voters could decide in November whether to outlaw dispensaries.
