Arizona Medical Cannabis Industry News

Arizona Drug Rehab Offering Cannabis as Opioid-Exit Treatment

Wed / Jun 7th

A drug rehabilitation facility in Scottsdale, Arizona is using cannabis to treat people addicted to opioid-based painkillers, ABC15 reports. Physicians… Read More

Insys Whistleblower Instructed to Lie to Boost Opioid Prescriptions

Tue / Jun 6th

In an interview with NBC News, a former Insys Therapeutics sales rep turned whistleblower alleges that she was instructed to… Read More

Imperious Expo 2017 Coming to Phoenix, Arizona on April 12-13

Fri / Mar 24th

The first Imperious Expo of 2017 is coming to the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona this April 12-13. The… Read More

Safer Arizona Files Adult-Use Initiative for 2018

Fri / Feb 17th

Safer Arizona has filed an initiative with the Secretary of State’s office seeking to legalize adult-use cannabis in the state… Read More

Arizona Industrial Hemp Bill Passes First Hurdle

Tue / Feb 14th

Arizona’s Senate Committee on Commerce and Public Safety voted 6-1 to approve industrial hemp production, processing, manufacturing, distribution, and commerce… Read More

Green Tuesday: Eight of Nine Cannabis Initiatives Pass

Wed / Nov 9th

Voters in California, Nevada, and Massachusetts have legalized adult cannabis use. Ballots are still being counted in Maine, and it… Read More

Arizona Marijuana Legalization Prop. 205 Results: Live Updates

Tue / Nov 8th

Arizona is making its first attempt at cannabis legalization this year in hopes of catching up with other western states.… Read More

Colorado Lawmakers Call Out Anti-205 Campaign Ads in Arizona

Tue / Nov 1st

A trio of Colorado lawmakers have sent a letter to Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy calling the information in their… Read More

Danielle Keane: The 2016 Cannabis Legalization Opportunity

Wed / Oct 26th

Danielle Keane is the Political Director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. She recently joined… Read More

Prison Food Services Company Makes Donation to Anti-205 Campaign

Wed / Oct 12th

Another player in an industry that would be negatively impacted by the legalization of cannabis is pouring money against a… Read More

Prohibitionists in Arizona Have More Cash on Hand than Pro-205 Campaign

Mon / Oct 3rd

Arizona’s anti-legalization campaign Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy have raised a little more than $2 million this election cycle in… Read More

Pharmaceutical Company Donates $500,000 to Arizona Anti-Legalization Group

Fri / Sep 9th

Pharmaceutical company Insys, makers of the sublingual fentanyl spray Subsys, has donated $500,000 to the campaign working toward defeating Arizona’s… Read More

Arizona High Court Fails to Change Cannabis Rules for Attorneys

Thu / Sep 8th

The Arizona Supreme Court rejected a petition that would have repealed rules that threaten lawyers with disbarment if they assist… Read More

Nine States Voting on Marijuana Measures in 2016

Wed / Sep 7th

This election season, nine states will be voting on ballot initiatives related to legalizing and regulating cannabis in some form.… Read More

Poll: Half of AZ Voters Support Prop. 205

Wed / Sep 7th

According to an Arizona Republic/Morrison Institute for Public Policy/Cronkite News poll, 50 percent of Arizona voters would “likely approve” the… Read More

AZ’s Prop. 205 Survives Legal Challenge, Will Head to Voters in November

Thu / Aug 25th

The measure to legalize cannabis for recreational use in Arizona will be put to voters after a Maricopa County Superior… Read More

Arizona Legalization Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot

Thu / Aug 11th

The ballot initiative in Arizona to legalize cannabis for recreational use submitted enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot,… Read More

Arizona Legalization Initiative Faces New Challenge

Thu / Jul 21st

Arizona’s legalization initiative is being challenged over whether or not the wording of the measure is legally flawed, which would… Read More

Poll: 52.5% of Arizona Voters Oppose Legalization

Tue / Jul 12th

Activists behind the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol will have their work cut out for them in Arizona, KTAR News… Read More

AZ Judge Says MMJ Should Be Considered for Parkinson’s Patients

Mon / Jun 6th

According to a statement issued by Administrative Law Judge Dorinda Lang on May 24, the Arizona Department of Health Services… Read More

Arizona Cannabis Legalization Campaign Gets Needed Signatures

Wed / Apr 13th

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol published a press release Tuesday announcing that it has gathered more than 200,000… Read More

MPP-backed Legalization Effort in Arizona Criticized from Both Sides

Thu / Apr 7th

Proponents and opponents of recreational marijuana in Arizona appear to have the same negative opinion on a Marijuana Policy Project-backed… Read More

Confusion Over Home Cultivation in Arizona Recreational Cannabis Initiative

Thu / Feb 25th

An Arizona cannabis legalization petition expected to be on the November ballot has been the subject of some scrutiny after… Read More

Arizona Lawmaker Pulls Anti-Medical Cannabis Bill After Storm of Complaints

Wed / Jan 27th

A Republican legislator in Arizona has pulled a bill that would have limited access to medical cannabis after facing hundreds… Read More

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