The harsh laws regarding possession and use of marijuana have been under attack in Arizona and elsewhere for a number of years. This has been due in part to the relatively large number of individuals who are in jails and prisons in the United States compared with...
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President Biden Issues Pardon on Federal Marijuana Possession Offenses
Over the past several decades, the debate has continued over marijuana and the criminal laws that apply to it. As of today, around three quarters of the states have legalized marijuana in one form or another – either for medical or recreational use, or both. At the...
New Arizona Laws
While the United States and much of the world is understandably focusing on the COVID pandemic and the inauguration of a new President and Vice President, life in our state does go on. And that includes new laws that are readers may be interested in which affect...
Arizona Prop 207 Legalizes Recreational Use of Marijuana
While medical use of marijuana has been legal in Arizona since 2010, voters have, until the election this month, resisted going further. Unlike Washington and Colorado, which became the first states to legalize marijuana for recreational use, Arizona rejected the...
Violent Crime Down – Marijuana Arrests Up
Late last month the FBI published new data regarding crime rates and clearance rates for various offenses. The numbers are, in one sense, very good, with an overall decline in violent crime. On the other hand, the report shows some figures that are somewhat bizarre....
Vaping Bust Leads to Multiple Drug Charges
Maricopa County investigators, armed with a search warrant, raided a home in Phoenix last month. We don’t know what the basis for the warrant was, but the cops apparently suspected that the home was being used for more than a residence. Here’s what the police say they...
County Attorney Admits Error in Medical Marijuana Charge
Back in 2018, medical marijuana patient Stephanie Parisi was pulled over on a traffic stop because of a cracked windshield. When the officer who pulled her over learned that she had a marijuana concentrate – purchased from a dispensary – in her car, he confiscated the...
Arizona Supreme Court Nixes Law Banning Medical Marijuana on College Campus
Just over a year ago, we reported in our blog ("Court Says No to College Ban on Medical Marijuana") that the Arizona Court of Appeals had examined the legislature’s attempt to ban medical marijuana on college campuses. The legislative ban was seen by the court as an...
Marijuana and Prisons in the United States
We’ve reported in the past about the enormous number of people incarcerated in the United States. In fact, the U.S. has by far the highest percentage of prison and jail inmates in the world. You may have heard lots of purported reasons for this fact. Some say we’re...
Marijuana, DUI and Prop 205
As Arizonans ready themselves for the November election, a lot of attention is being paid to one of the items on the ballot. Proposition 205, known as the “Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act,” consisting of 19 pages of explanations and regulatory and other...