Controlled Substances Act

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Application Process to Proceed

By |2012-01-13T11:01:32-07:00January 13th, 2012|Preparedness|

Last May (after receiving a threatening letter from the Arizona U.S Attorney’s Office) the Governor suspended the dispensary portion of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act with a genuine concern that state employees would be federally prosecuted.  Last year, we asked the federal court to provide us with guidance regarding the obvious conflicts between the Arizona [...]

New Medical Marijuana Memo from Justice

By |2011-07-11T09:15:19-07:00July 11th, 2011|General|

The U.S. Department issued new guidance for federal prosecutors last week.  We had been anticipating a new memo from Justice for some time- hoping that it would clarify whether the dispensary portions of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act are legal under federal law (the Controlled Substances Act).  We were also hoping it would help us figure out how [...]

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