Despite a delay in the U.S. House of Representatives vote for a bill that would seek to legalize cannabis at the national level, the legal cannabis market in the U.S. still stands to substantially grow as more states plan to let voters decide whether they want to legalize it. According to a new report from cannabis […]
Arizona
Is Arizona’s New Medical Marijuana Testing Program About to Cause Shortages?
In a nondescript office park in Scottsdale, George Griffeth is getting ready. Seven-hundred-pound marble tables for high-precision scales, stainless-steel lab equipment, and a multi-thousand-dollar dishwasher are scattered about, set to be part of one of Arizona’s first state-approved medical marijuana testing facilities. Griffeth has been running a lab for two years out of another, smaller, office […]
Arizona Supreme Court says ballot measure to legalize marijuana can appear on November ballot
The Arizona Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for voters to decide on legalizing marijuana. The court unanimously rejected a legal challenge to the Smart and Safe Arizona Act, ensuring it can appear on the ballot in November. The order was just part of a flurry of decisions and announcements that included the state’s high court shooting […]
Raising Arizona: The Battle For Legal Marijuana In The Grand Canyon State
Once again, a battle is brewing in Arizona over the legalization of marijuana. A recently-filed lawsuit seeks to halt the adult-use initiative on the ballot this November. The campaign against it has embraced fictitious information, fear tactics, and the like. Led by Smart and Safe Arizona and supported by numerous local public officials and politicians, it will […]
Effort to legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona gets closer to ballot
Voters who signed petitions to legalize the recreational use of marijuana were not misled, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge James Smith ruled late Friday, and the measure can be on the ballot. In a 15-page ruling, Smith rejected claims by Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy that the 100-word summary on the initiative omitted principal provisions […]
Foes of marijuana legalization file lawsuit to stop ballot measure in Arizona
Opponents of an initiative that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Arizona have filed a lawsuit to keep the issue off the ballot in November. The lawsuit, by Arizonans for Health and Public Safety, argues that the initiative’s backers did not accurately describe the measure in a 100-word summary included on petitions that […]
Arizona group turns in signatures to put marijuana initiative on ballot
Proponents of legalizing recreational marijuana filed the necessary signatures to the Secretary of State’s office Wednesday to put the initiative on Arizona’s November ballot. Smart and Safe Arizona, a group aiming to legalize marijuana in the state, filed 420,000 ballot signatures, more than 237,000 necessary, to qualify for ballot access in the upcoming election. The […]
Backers of Arizona’s recreational marijuana measure file 420K signatures for November ballot
A measure to legalize adult use of recreational marijuana in Arizona filed 420,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot in November, officials reported Wednesday. Technically, the measure needs 237,645 valid signatures to go in front of voters. While it’s common to file significantly more than required to withstand challenges from opponents, the Smart and Safe […]
The 4 Likeliest States to Legalize Marijuana in November
Despite its numerous growing pains over the past year and change, marijuana remains one of the fastest expanding industries on the planet. After logging $10.9 billion in legal worldwide sales in 2018, Wall Street has global pot sales hitting anywhere from $50 billion to $200 billion by 2030. Although cannabis is a global growth story, […]
Marijuana Legalization Plan in Arizona Is Polling Surprisingly High
New poll numbers suggest that most Arizonans want to be legally allowed to buy, use, and grow cannabis under state law, just like most of its neighboring states. The poll, by HighGround Public Affairs Consultants, was conducted among 400 likely voters between May 18 and May 22. The numbers reflect how far Americans, in general, have […]
