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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 [...]

Sir, You are Served

By |2011-06-20T08:15:21-07:00June 20th, 2011|General|

There’ve been 3 lawsuits filed against the Department in the last few days.  On June 10th, the Arizona Biomedical Research Commission filed suit against the state (including me) to stop the enactment of the portion of SB1615, which transfers the Commission to ADHS next month.  We have someone from the Attorney General’s office working on [...]

Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Filed

By |2011-06-14T16:38:50-07:00June 14th, 2011|General|

Today I was served with a lawsuit that challenges the State (and the Department) for not implementing the dispensary portion of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act.  The case, filed in the AZ Court of Appeals, asks a judge to order us to follow the rules that we published on April 14 and begin accepting dispensary [...]

Dispensary Application News

By |2011-06-01T12:40:16-07:00June 1st, 2011|General|

A prospective dispensary applicant came to our offices this morning in an effort to submit an application for a dispensary registration certificate.   We declined to accept the application because, as I wrote on Friday, we won’t be accepting dispensary registration certificate applications until the outcome of legal action filed last week. There were several members [...]

AZ Medical Marijuana Program Update

By |2011-05-27T17:30:02-07:00May 27th, 2011|General|

In light of recent communication from the U.S. Attorney for Arizona, the Governor asked the Attorney General to file a suit this week asking for a declaratory judgment from a federal court regarding the legality of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act and our Rules. We had been planning to begin accepting dispensary applications beginning next [...]

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