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Arizona Medical Cannabis Market: Grand Canyon Staters Love Brownies

Adult-use failed to win the vote in Arizona during the 2016 election, and a recent move to place cannabis adult-use legalization on the 2018 ballot failed to gain enough support. So adult-use in Arizona is at least a few years…

Five States Will Vote to Legalize Marijuana This Fall

October 11, 2016
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Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Policy & Legal
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Recreational marijuana users can now legally light up a joint in states representing about 5 percent of the U.S. population. By the time Americans wake up on November 9, that percentage could be swelling to more than one-quarter. Measures to…

Marijuana Polls Show Support for Legalization in States Voting This Fall

October 6, 2016
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Arizona, California, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada
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Marijuana advocates are heading into the final weeks of the 2016 campaign with the wind at their backs as the latest polling shows legalization measures currently favored by voters in all five states where they're on the ballot. This is…

Study Says Arizona Would Generate $82 Million in Taxes From Legal Marijuana

Arizonans would buy nearly $500 million worth of marijuana a year by 2020 if voters agree in November to allows its use here for recreational purposes, according to a new report. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee study figures legalization would…

Pro Marijuana Group Trying to Defeat Rival Initiative in Arizona

PHOENIX — Unable to qualify for the ballot this year, organizers of one of the initiatives to legalize recreational use of marijuana in Arizona are now trying to defeat the remaining measure. Arizonans for Mindful Regulation has quietly shelved its…

Could Donald Trump Be a Game Changer For Marijuana Legalization in Arizona?

Surveys of Arizona voters in recent months showed that a measure to legalize marijuana for all adults 21 and older — likely to materialize on this November's ballot — could use some help. Donald Trump to the rescue? Possibly. Now…

Arizona Marijuana Legalization Campaign Closing in on its Signature Goal

An Arizona citizens' initiative campaign to legalize marijuana announced today that it has reached 200,000 signatures — more than needed to make November's ballot. But the campaign is shooting for far more than it needs — at least 225,000 signatures…

Phoenix Considering Stricter Zoning For Medical Marijuana Facilities

Phoenix is considering stricter zoning regulations for medical marijuana facilities in advance of a possible vote on legalizing the drug for recreational use. The changes would mean new medical marijuana sites would have to be farther from places of worship…

Survey Finds That Arizona Residents are Very Enthusiastic About Marijuana

PHOENIX — A new survey about the public’s attitude toward marijuana found Arizonans are some of the most enthusiastic in the nation about the drug. Real estate site Estately ranked Arizona the tenth-highest state when it comes to marijuana enthusiasm…

Arizona Chamber of Commerce Trying to “Sound the Alarm” About Cannabis Initative

The Arizona Chamber of Commerce is offering an anti-cannabis workshop next month with prohibitionist county attorneys Bill Montgomery and Sheila Polk to help "sound the alarm" on a proposed legalization initiative. The Chamber will offer the March 2, invite-only workshop…

Some Arizona Lawmakers Pushing to Limit Access to Medical Marijuana

Two proposals are being pushed by Republican state lawmakers that would make it harder for medical marijuana patients to access their medication. Both want to amend the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act to limit which types of doctors can issue referrals…

Arizona Lawmakers Seek Limits on Medical Marijuana Access

Two Arizona state lawmakers are pushing to make it more difficult for some people to get medical marijuana. And both measures may be illegal. Rep. Kelly Townsend, R-Mesa, wants to make it a crime for a woman who is pregnant…

Arizona Voters Are Split 50-50 on Legalizing Adult-Use Marijuana

Arizona voters are split nearly 50-50 on adult-use marijuana legalization, according to a new poll showing the need for supporters to work together if they want to end pot prohibition next year. Overall, 49 percent of voters support and 51…

Arizona Supreme Court Says That Marijuana Presence Doesn’t Prove Impairment

PHOENIX — People with marijuana in their system can escape driving-under-the-influence convictions if they can show they weren’t “high” enough to be impaired, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday. The justices rejected a claim by two individuals that the fact…

How Medical Marijuana Impacts the Arizona Workplace

October 5, 2015
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CBE Policy & Employment Law updates, HR and Staffing, Human Capital Management, News & Insights
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With the enactment of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act (“AMMA”) in 2010, the number of medical marijuana card holders in Arizona is over 65,000 and growing. Chances are your business does or will employ one of them. This article will…